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53. Who wants to travel on a jet plane with half-assed safety features.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 10:34 AM

Mar 2019

Up charges versus safety is the typical American corporate way.

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Doomed Jets Lacked 2 Key Safety Features That Boeing Sold as Extras [View all] brooklynite Mar 2019 OP

You would think Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #1

Try to buy an automobile without paying to upgrade for available safety features. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #3

Are you really trying to compare those features with one that would keep a plane from crashing dem4decades Mar 2019 #5

Its a comparison of charging extra for any safety feature. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #6

Anti lock breaks were $1000 dollars back in the day Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #52

The sensor disagree light was not standard exboyfil Mar 2019 #15

it did.... twice... getagrip_already Mar 2019 #29

My car doesn't but my wife's does Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #16

Cars kill way more zipplewrath Mar 2019 #26

So are lugnuts an "upgrade"?? Bengus81 Mar 2019 #32

I'm not defending Boeing but just about every instrument in a plane is a safety feature jgmiller Mar 2019 #56

It appears that it will cost Boeing millions. Which executives heads are going roll? olegramps Mar 2019 #43

Added safety features should be equivalent to a recall, rather than an "option."n/t MBS Mar 2019 #46

Agreed Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #48

I have a feeling that Boeing is going to wish they had provided Glorfindel Mar 2019 #2

Profits before safety and lives . . . Iliyah Mar 2019 #7

...And millions and millions in insurance settlements to pay the victims' families after disaster. Texin Mar 2019 #41

Ford Pinto gas tanks, anyone? 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #54

Exactly. n/t MBS Mar 2019 #50

So they DELIBERATELY left off certain safety features? Scoopster Mar 2019 #4

Actually that is the airline who left off ordering those features to save money EX500rider Mar 2019 #65

Not necessarily to save money. Sometimes, it's judgments about human factors / pilot overload lostnfound Mar 2019 #66

Any safety system they can devise should be part of the standard package. Afromania Mar 2019 #8

Pure greed. dreamland Mar 2019 #9

Boeings new slogan... Javaman Mar 2019 #10

Say "bye bye", Boeing UpInArms Mar 2019 #11

What I would like to see this time around is an investigation to find the Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #13

The Hell With That RobinA Mar 2019 #59

Unthinkable at one time. Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #12

I don't subscribe to the nyt...what are the 2 items? Maxheader Mar 2019 #14

From the article: UpInArms Mar 2019 #20

Thanks... Maxheader Mar 2019 #24

Received the article..Thanks again.. Maxheader Mar 2019 #28

you can usually right click and open a private tab to get past the paywall. uncle ray Mar 2019 #68

Thanks uncle ray!... Maxheader Mar 2019 #69

So crash avoidance is now being sold as an "option package"??? bullwinkle428 Mar 2019 #17

You're gonna be glad you got that Tru-Coat jberryhill Mar 2019 #30

Aircraft gilligan Mar 2019 #18

Profits before people. This is what happens without regulations AllyCat Mar 2019 #19

Corporations do not self regulate, they have one mandate UpInArms Mar 2019 #21

Chinese made crap...but American companies bought it. AllyCat Mar 2019 #22

Safety feature should never be an upgrade for an additional cost avebury Mar 2019 #23

This is the final straw of America's leadership in airline safety FakeNoose Mar 2019 #25

It's A Shame RobinA Mar 2019 #60

OK...so the "features" were extra....what about the pilot training? Moostache Mar 2019 #27

Of course the flip side is why were the buyers too cheap to buy the safety features? getagrip_already Mar 2019 #31

Wait until all the new stick-frame apartment buildings start catching fire jberryhill Mar 2019 #33

What does that have to do with planes? getagrip_already Mar 2019 #34

I think I can answer that question ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #39

We Had This RobinA Mar 2019 #57

Same deal with that nursing home over in West Chester jberryhill Mar 2019 #58

Right! RobinA Mar 2019 #61

Reminds me of the Pinto. safeinOhio Mar 2019 #35

Really? A safety feature is an option? An added money maker? Absurd! Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2019 #67

Boeing's Greed and Avarice Is Directly Responsible for Hundreds of Deaths dlk Mar 2019 #37

This isn't new... Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #38

Why Would You Charge More For Safety Features? Me. Mar 2019 #40

Another stunning example of capitalism at its finest DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #42

Isn't the larger question here why didn't the AIRLINES pay for those enhanced features? Texin Mar 2019 #44

I will take this one step further Texin... MontanaMama Mar 2019 #45

Thanks! AnnieBW Mar 2019 #49

I realize this comparison is nowhere near as critical DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #64

So, what was the price AnnieBW Mar 2019 #47

"The Last Nine Minutes" Moire Johnston Codifer Mar 2019 #51

Who wants to travel on a jet plane with half-assed safety features. democratisphere Mar 2019 #53

Just saw this headline WOW! underpants Mar 2019 #55

Hmm... So, possibly the avionics equivalent of insulin gouging then. Hugin Mar 2019 #62

We need to put Boeing's entire upper management in prison. n/t MicaelS Mar 2019 #63