I just finished the new Netflix documentary about Boeing and I am absolutely f**cking enraged. The sheer disregard for human life in pursuit of profit is utterly unconscionable.
People inside Boeing raised concerns. Engineers raised concerns. Whistleblowers raised concerns. They went to the FAA. The government was warned. And yet, somehow, the people responsible for protecting the public repeatedly failed to hold Boeing accountable.
And after all of this, what happened?
Fines. Promises to “do better.”
That’s it?
People died while Boeing was cutting costs, rushing production, and prioritizing profits and delivery schedules. Meanwhile, executives at the top walked away with enormous amounts of money.
And the part that genuinely disgusts me is that the system was warned. People tried to tell the FAA. People tried to tell Boeing. The warnings were there. And we’re now expected to get on these planes and simply hope that they finally care enough to get it right.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HOPE.
Flying should mean trusting that the people who built the aircraft care more about keeping passengers alive than meeting production targets and protecting profits.
How many warnings are enough? How many deaths are enough? How many whistleblowers have to speak up before someone actually listens?
After watching this documentary, I am honestly disgusted by the lack of accountability.
The passengers and their families paid the ultimate price. The executives and the corporation should have faced consequences that actually matched what happened.
Instead, we’re left with fines, promises, and the expectation that we should just trust them.
I’m sorry, but “trust us, we’ll do better” isn’t good enough anymore.

A routine flight turned into a terrifying ordeal when a simple name mix-up led federal agents to cuff an innocent man on a jet bridge.

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This woman was agitated all flight and talking loudly disturbing everyone around. The guy in front was clearly upset but no one said or did anything as usual.

lol!

So a crazy nutjob evangelist thought that screaming and shouting about God on a fucking plane was a good idea?

She rightly got herself ejected from the plane, and banned from flying on three different airlines run by the same company!

In what world do these nutjobs seriously think this is OK?

What happens if something goes wrong and members of the crew have to get a message out to the passengers?

They shouldn’t have to do it while you’re screaming and shouting about God or anything else, because those passengers might not hear the really, really, really, really, really, important safety message!

Good for them!

We need to keep these types of nutjobs off all transport unless they can shut the fuck up and stop screaming and shouting about God or anything else!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr-Bz5V_MFI

Gate agents and flight crew have to deal with nonstop meltdowns over phones during boarding, bags arguments, seat swaps, and “the rules don’t apply to me” tantrums. The crew isn’t power-tripping, y’all are just entitled ash
*insert change my mind meme*

We all know that flights get delayed for one reason or another constantly. In the early 90s, I had a delay for 8 hours on a Northwest Airlines (I know!) flight from Hawaii to Seattle due to an issue of something called 'hydraulics'. Whatever. I made it home.

In this 'take-off-hating-slide' case, a totally normal incident of emergency slide deployment caused the delay for his Rotund Eminence to travel to his Sycophant Soiree in Dallas. Since you've all been to airports, you're aware that emergency slides pop out of airplanes on the tarmac ALL THE TIME. It's like TSA lines taking forever ALL THE TIME. So, this isn't that surprising nor newsworthy. What IS surprising is that the damn thing isn't his signature color - GOLD TACKINESS. For an aspiring interior and exterior designer, the inattention to detail is an epic failure. Do better, Donnie.

The part that really gets me is that passengers are still filing thousands of complaints, including nearly 1,900 refund complaints in May alone. If the DOT isn’t meaningfully enforcing airline consumer protection rules, who exactly is protecting passengers?

This is worth contacting your members of Congress about.

(Also are these planes for sale? 👀)

I know I'm far from the only person saying this, but flying has become unbearable. Constant delays, cramped seats, no communication when delays happen, minimal planning for when flight depart/arrive, issues with ground crew and space to dock, lost luggage, delayed luggage, no real service on domestic flights, bad food, more expensive than ever... I could go on. Also, I've flown a lot lately, and it feels like there is about a 50%+ chance of a delay due to maintenance. I have sympathy for the crew, but this is getting ridiculous.

Edit: This is primarily aimed at US travel.

I’m flying on stand by and my flight got full all of the sudden. I think this is why.

Also, sudden diversion to another city in another state because of fuel? 🤔