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The_Deplorable says

Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts...

Musk gets his pay back.

Not that this isn't a good move in and of itself, anyway. But Congress will fight it, tooth and nail.

The_Deplorable says

WookieMan says

"Gotta see the report. These planes fly themselves. Pilot error is a problem,"

No because Boeing is now building airplanes with parts that do not meet specs. Recall
that they fired the Quality Control Engineers to eliminate delays during assembly. So
now they are using large hammers during assembly to make parts fit. You cannot
blame the pilots for this.

" McNerney (then Boeing CEO) had a cute name for the company’s senior engineers: “phenomenally talented assholes.” He created a program to help his managers force these skilled workers — everyone a Boeing who knew how to build a plane — out of the company. "

https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-05-01-boeing-boeing-mrsa-2d9ba398bd54

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Another Boeing problem
will be Trump pulling out of Europe/NATO. If this happens the F35 pipeline might get mighty short as many European countries have these on order. Specifically:

- United Kingdom: 138 F-35s
- Italy: 75 F-35s
- Netherlands: 46 F-35s
- Norway: 52 F-35s
- Denmark: 27 F-35s
- Belgium: 34 F-35s
- Finland: 64 F-35s
- Germany: 35 F-35s
- Greece: 20 F-35s with an option for 20 more
- Poland: 32 F-35s
- Switzerland: 36 F-35s
- Czech Republic: 24 F-35s

Fuck Europe, eh?

RWSGFY says

Fuck Europe, eh?

Are you seriously thinking they will use the Euro-fighter "???

https://futurism.com/boeing-starliner-disaster-worse-astronauts

Misc says

Are you seriously thinking they will use the Euro-fighter "???

Why use anything? What, you seriously think they are going to finally get serious about defense anyway?

They can't even if they wanted. They are truly fucked.

"Preliminary Report Into Last Month’s Air India Crash Provides New Information... In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots can be heard asking his copilot why he hit the cutoff switch. The copilot responded that he did not do so... https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/12/report-air-india-crash-new-information-engine-cut-off-fuel-survivor/

If this is the case then who turned off the fuel to the engines?
Was it the computer inside the plane or a computer from the outside?

The_Deplorable says

If this is the case then who turned off the fuel to the engines?
Was it the computer inside the plane or a computer from the outside?

I've seen the photos of the wreckage from multiple videos. The engines were in cutoff and not run. You have to pull and push two switches. It has nothing to do with the plane at all. One of the two pilots cut the engines off. Could have been a bad day suicide thing. Pilot error or on purpose. Nothing to do with the plane or computers.

The switches from the wreckage were physically in cutoff and that could only be knowingly done by one of the pilots. Not even an error. Intentional.

I'm not an expert but enough of an aviation junkie. This is all coming from world renowned pilots. They tread lightly as scaring people from flying could cost them their job. The fact is you can't accidentally flip those switches. Would have to be intentional.

WookieMan says

"The switches from the wreckage were physically in cutoff and that could only be knowingly done by one of the pilots."

True. And according to the cockpit voice recorder both pilots deny cutting off the engines.
Therefore, if that is true, who cutoff the fuel to the engines?