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Jan 2025
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The Unraveling of Boeing | Landing the P...

Wondery
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Would you fly on a Boeing 737-Max plane? Ed Pierson won’t. He’s a former Boeing senior manager who blew the whistle on safety concerns with the 737-Max project. Today, Ed is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Aviation Safety, and he joins David to discuss Boeing then and now, and where it all went wrong.  Later, Sharon Terlep, aerospace reporter f ... Show More
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