Capt. ‘Sully’ on Boeing’s aviation safety: ‘They have lost their way’

U.S. Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization and Captain of Flight 1549 ‘the Miracle on the Hudson’ C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger comments on Boeing’s string of quality issues and safety concerns.



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[wilks]

Justice for John Barnett. We all know what Boeing did to this brave man

[artoffderidikulous]

"Lost their way" is a euphemism for criminally liable.

[xwfdkux]

Worked for Boeing back in 1980. It was a great company back then. What a shame profits have won over safety.

[eleanorlamont]

SO GOOD to see "Sully" Thanks for your thoughts.

[SantiagoApril]

That whistleblower did not commit su1c1de. Comments calling this out are being removed, but everyone knows.

[Aflyernyc]

Props to Sully man. He breaks down how seriously Boeing has violated trust very well, and how Boeing’s culture has lost its way. At the same time, he is fair, and doesn’t play into the irrational fear-mongering the media has been pushing since the Alaska incident. We need more people like him.

[impishsongster]

Greed.
Greed, has ruined Boeing's reputation.
Greed, is responsible for the loss of innocent lives.
Greed, is ruining our country.

I'd like to see the foolish Boeing Executives, pay for their selfish, greedy decisions, and held accountable for the loss of life, they're responsible for.

Justice for Barnett.
Justice for lives lost.
Peace of mind, for travelers.

[edjarrett]

Sully makes the most important point that culture is what defines a company. Since early 2000 after the merger with McDonald Douglas, Boeing changed to an accountant company. Engineering is what built the company and should be running the company. Engineers should be in the C suite, not accountants. Other structural issues have to be addressed to fix the culture and safety of Boeing.

[dannmarceau]

My family worked for Boeing in Seattle (where it was founded in 1916) for many decades; we knew what would happen when they moved the company headquarters to Chicago and really started outsourcing to speed up production and reduce costs.

[tismeagen]

This is not really news for those engineers working in the aerospace industry. It's usually cheaper to build high quality into a product than to repair and rectify faults later.

[fredworthmn]

Capt Sully is a hero of mine, not because he safely landed a dead plane, but because he studied and rehearsed over and over this deadly remote possibility and THEN landed the plane safely! Bravo to this hero!😊❤🎉
Maybe guys like him are my heroes because I crewed on combat support planes in Nam and I trusted those pilots to keep us all alive!

[martintowle]

It is nice when the contributor has integrity.

[Nagroddy]

It is not only the aviation industry! American corporate/shareholder greed for ever increasing percentages of profits is gutting the work force. So called "Efficiency Experts" that businesses have been hiring are making working in America a daily stress filled nightmare where income has lagged far behind cost of living, causing financial stress on top of work stress. This all comes from the top. Start valuing the workers and high quality services and products.

[mira-qikb]

The same is happening in nursing, lack of expertise, profit over safety 😢

[Werewolf]

I work for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in engineering...for the past 33.5 years. Since outsourcing began in the early 2000s, the quality of work has deteriorated. There aren't many like me left who remember how quality mattered...the few left are nearing retirement. The engineering work put out is slop. People are not trained properly anymore. Not outsourced employees or in-house employees. Even now, with all the backlash about Boeing's quality, several managers in my organization still insist on cutting corners on quality. The company has become a clown show. I'm just trying to hang on 2 or 3 more years then I'll retire.

[killsapm]

He's 100% correct, based on my experience as an airline pilot and flying for over 39 years on Boeing airplanes (707, 757, and all 747s), in the last 24 years, regrettably, I have to admit that the quality and safety are not on the first place anymore. There are constant issues across each type, not only on the 737. At the same time, American companies with politically motivated management, outsourcing, and DEI madness, will not have a bright future. The airline industry has changed significantly since my youth, but not in the way many of us hoped for.

[andyroo]

Captain Sully is a legend! We all remember that amazing landing in the Hudson River. It was a miracle and nothing short of that.

[gnicholson]

Just his evening I was talking to an old colleague at British Airports Authority, he an engineer and I an ex-pilot operations officer, where we agreed that the safety standards were maintained because an engineer rose through the ranks to become CEO and later Chairman. He was in a position to ensure that safety and quality were maintained.

[MrsAp]

Crap managers searching for immediate 1 year profits to get a bonus.

[JoanL-oxyw]

Thank you Captain Sully for all you've done.