LEVER TIME: Amid Boeing Crisis, Is It Still Safe To Fly?
David Sirota and guests explore how the air travel industry — including manufacturers like Boeing — sacrificed quality for profit.
Boeing
Explore The Lever’s extensive coverage of Boeing, one of the largest global aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors.
How Boeing Bought Washington
Before the recent Boeing disaster, the company and its parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems spent years lobbying to boost production and weaken safety regulations.
Boeing Supplier Ignored Warnings Of “Excessive Amount Of Defects,” Former Employees Allege
Weeks before Alaska Airlines’ terrifying debacle, one of the aircraft’s manufacturers was accused of systematically ignoring safety problems.