below the surface in the reporting of this story. Lawrence O'Donnell was on MJS this AM, and went out of his way to emphasize that Ethiopian Air is a GREAT airline, having personally flown with them on many occasions! He wanted to let people know that this is not some fly-by-night operation, with sketchy crews and questionable training.

on Monday night. Discussed the fact that Ethiopia is a major hub in Africa and that they run a professional operation. He even showed pics of the city that he took from the aircraft.

The plane he flies is private, owned by a famous person with more wealth than I can imagine. That person is looking at replacing the plane, and cancelled/is in the process of cancelling their order for one of these.

Passengers won’t want to fly on these. Other countries won’t buy them. Private plane sales probably won’t be great either. The FAA is in denial.

and I have alerted all my siblings, in laws and extended family

and both should be reported fairly (which is a stretch itself in today's 24/7 infotainment media noise). Both tell a tale of money vs what is right and both contribute to the overall narrative of where we are today.

but M$Greedia always prefers to go after the celebrities than the big corporations.

This has nothing to do with race but rather with the quality of the airline itself.

Speaking of quality, the first of the 737 Max planes that crashed shouldn't even have been
have been in the air due to a technical problem that the airline's maintenance personal couldn't fix.

Before they issue an Airworthiness Directive on the Boeing 737 Max 8

I can recall when there were several crashes regarding the DC-10 and hundreds dead in the late 70's and early 80's before the FAA acted and grounded them all in the US. I loved flying in those planes. One of those crashes was at Chicago's O'Hare airport.

(the one who flew that unregistered plane) to be head of the FAA.
This corrupt fuckers put life in danger.

NOBODY is going to push Trump around. That's a Trump trademark. Don does all the pushing (unless Putin)

In December, Boeing was talking to the FAA to approve the fix, but then Trump's Shutdown made the FAA employees go home. Thus the fix which should have been released in January, is just coming out and as a result more than 150 people died last Sunday.

In short, Trump killed more than 150 people.

This was discussed last night on Rachael Maddow's show.

think so.