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U.S. Said to Seek Boeing Guilty Plea to Avoid Trial in 737 Max Crashes (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

$244 million fine is what they're looking at.
346 people have died on the 737 Max, that means they're getting fined less than $1m for every life lost.
This is a joke, Boeing made $2.2bn last year, that's $6 million a day.
Thats a little over 1 month of lost wages for killing 346 people.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 4 months ago

Even government agencies price a human life around $5M. This is shockingly cheap.