Boeing Max proof of failed leadership

DEAR EDITOR:

A Dec. 28, 2019, Globe and Mail report revealed Transport Canada had essentially been certifying Boeing aircraft flown by Canada’s airlines based on findings of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Meanwhile, the FAA was basically acting as a rubber stamp for the giant Boeing corporation’s planes, including its flawed 737 Max (and who knows what other potential disasters before it?).

A common refrain prevails, especially among Western capitalist governments and corporate circles, that best business practices, including what's best for the consumers, are best decided by business decision makers.

Other than what's best for the bottom line, this was proven false by Boeing’s decision to keep its ill-fated 737 Max planes flying, regardless of warnings.

I fear that when it comes to the biggest of business and their lobbyists’ frightening influence over important government-body safety decisions, deadly reckless business decisions will be repeated, even ones enabling preventable jetliner crashes.