Our corporate culture and greed...........

Boeing was and currently is the top commercial airplane manufacturer in the world. To be honest, i loved their airplanes especially the 747's. Airbus may have built a bigger model in the A380's but there was something about a 747 that captured me! Its truly sad indeed that competition with Airbus drove them to, how shall i say? ignore safety precautions for the sake of making a couple of millions?
I keep asking myself, was it worth it? How much money is worth the life of even a single human being?




Preliminary investigations into the crashes of lion Air in October 2018 and Ethiopian in March 2019 have revealed that the MCAS system of the Boeing 737 max 8 model were a factor in the causes of both crashes. It has also recently come to light that one of the pilot unions in the United states even had a meeting with a Boeing executive after the Lion Air crash and tried to reason with Boeing but the official stand from them remained, their model was not faulty and it was not conclusive that MCAS caused the first crash.

Even after the second crash on Ethiopian, Boeing and the FAA maintained that the planes were safe to fly! I cannot begin to tell you how angry and disappointed i am in Boeing. Their top management has been so glib. They have shown me a side of humanity that i hope we can agree is not human  at all! Hundreds of people died in those crashes and their families still mourn them! I still mourn them! And to think that it could have been avoided if only they had cared more about the value of life!

I am horrified and i hope their greed will swallow them up! Your life and Mine are more precious than anything out there. The life that God gives freely is invaluable and we need to learn how to value people and not things/money! The lives lost cannot be brought back but i hope we can have justice for the victims of those crashes and for their families. Those responsible for the development of this plane model must be held accountable as well as the top Boeing executives!


Lord, teach us a great reverence for one another because you are living in us. May we love one another just as you and the Father love us. Amen

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