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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I mean, I am fully behind how suspicious this looks, but also... fuck me, getting help as a whistleblower or anyone involved in major accidents due to lax safety standards in the maximisation of profits is a horrible process. It's no wonder that people wash out, drop out, or end themselves. (in general, not in this particular case)

I mean if nothing else you live with guilt as you constantly ask yourself whether you could have done more or sooner to prevent a few hundred people being dead, you are blacklisted from the industry, and you get sued by the company so now you have to defend yourself in court despite not having a job. No wonder people end up depressed. Reminds me of that pilot who ditched a plane. Yeah they made mistaked, but OTOH the pilot himself once in the actual accident also displayed heroic efforts in saving people's lives. Still, he never flew again. Haunts you I imagine. And it's not like stricter standards and better safety margins wouldn't have trivially avoided their crash long before the pilots had any input.

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