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Oneironaut

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5. It's cheaper for them to just crash every so often.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 10:39 AM

Mar 29

They’re willing to risk fatal accents every so often with reduced maintenance because it helps their bottom line.

Let’s say you have a fatal planet crash every 5 years, and pay out $20 million because of it. However, maintenance over those 5 years would cost an extra $100 million. That’s a no brainer for sociopathic executives.

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A Japanese company has killed with its product and how many American companies [View all] Stargazer99 Mar 29 OP

You start out with "A Japanese company" Ferrets are Cool Mar 29 #1

Mitsubishi. They built that "Zero" you've heard so much about. From those wonderful folks who gave you Pearl Harbor: mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 #2

Dude! ruet Mar 29 #10

Bitter much? Ferrets are Cool Mar 29 #13

Okay..... Happy Hoosier Mar 29 #3

You mean Kobayashi Pharma supplement deaths? betsuni Mar 29 #4

Yeah, that's what I thought, too oregonjen Mar 29 #6

It's cheaper for them to just crash every so often. Oneironaut Mar 29 #5

That's absolute hogwash. nt Phoenix61 Mar 29 #11

cheers Celerity Mar 29 #12

Everything should be perfectly safe or just not made. Progressive dog Mar 29 #7

Then you're not going to have anything. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 #8

That was the point I wanted to make. Progressive dog Mar 29 #9