• SolidGrue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    952·
    8 months ago

    This us an update that reads like a whitewash. He was both looking forward to his day in court, but had PTSD and declining mental health such that he kills himself on the cusp of his day in court.

    Pardon my skepticism, but I smell paint

    • Saledovil
      316·
      8 months ago

      The question is ‘cui bono’. I don’t think Boeing does at this point in time. The death makes it worse for them PR wise. So, my theory, it was Airbus or another Boeing competitor.

      • neptune@dmv.socialEnglish
        13·
        8 months ago

        I think airbus is really their only competitor, at least in the commercial airline arena.

        Airbus would have to decide that a) they would get away with it, b) Boeing would get blamed and that c) the ambiguous death is way worse for Boeing than just letting the guy testify.

        A and b are in conflict as if they hide their involvement too well it looks like a suicide and no corporation gets blamed. And if it turns out that his testimony wasn’t worthy of killing someone?

        • Saledovil
          3·
          8 months ago

          Well, the problem I see with making a murder look like a suicide is that it can be automatically suspicious if the victim said something along the lines of “if I die it wasn’t suicide”. Probably even if there was video evidence of it being legit. Why not make the death look like an accident instead? I’ve never murdered somebody, but I don’t think making the death look like an accident is that much more difficult than making it look like a suicide.

          • neptune@dmv.socialEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            What’s your point? I know the guy in question is said to have suggested someone would try to kill him and make it appear as a suicide. Why would Boeing or Airbus for that matter be aware of those statements?

            Sure accidents are great but if you just decide to off someone quickly it’s not like you can shadow them for weeks and wait for them to climb onto their roof or something. Dude was at a hotel all week 🤷

            • Saledovil
              2·
              8 months ago

              I’m sort of wondering how difficult it is to stage a convincing suicide vs a convincing accident, and I think the latter might be easier.

      • MrNesser@lemmy.world
        8·
        8 months ago

        Short but bad pr in return they get long term security from a whistle-blower

        Someone at Boeing may see this as the cost of doing business

        • Saledovil
          2·
          8 months ago

          Possibly, though I’d wait until the scandal has blown over before killing the whistleblower. He did the most damage when he decided to reveal information, and with the Boeing plane related incidents, I doubt that the prosecution’s case would fall apart without him, so why should there be a rush with killing him?

        • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
          2·
          8 months ago

          I don’t know if it’s karma or what. But it’s very odd that there are people that consistently post articles that are up to a week old all the time. And it’s not even in comms that didn’t get traffic, it’s always in popular communities that had already talked about it when the event happened.

          Somehow these people think no one already brought up these issues that are obviously big news, and most of the time the article date is even days ago.

          What are they thinking?

  • ramble81@lemm.ee
    15·
    8 months ago

    I would love to see him have had a dead mans switch and things get released to the media