Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

451 00:30:40,755 --> 00:30:42,423 This is who we've lost. 452 00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:47,428 This is the cost of doing business as usual. 453 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:53,726 I remember looking at the full list of passenger names 454 00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:57,438 from so many different countries. 455 00:30:57,522 --> 00:31:00,441 People all over the world have been impacted 456 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:01,985 by what has taken place. 457 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:17,041 We want this thing to come out in the public. 458 00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:20,169 We want Boeing to show all the papers. 459 00:31:20,253 --> 00:31:22,255 We want them to come out with the true facts. 460 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:27,552 When we started the investigation, 461 00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:31,639 a lot of people around the world were angry and appalled 462 00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:33,474 at what had been allowed to happen. 463 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:36,019 Do you feel your story is getting out? 464 00:31:36,769 --> 00:31:39,355 I... right now it is because we're having a hearing. 465 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:42,066 My concern is that weeks will pass, 466 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:45,278 and... and the FAA will just put the plane back in the air 467 00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:46,446 without any scrutiny. 468 00:31:46,529 --> 00:31:48,281 They have the power to do that. 469 00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:51,326 In the United States of America, 470 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:53,786 Congress has oversight duties, 471 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:54,871 plain and simple. 472 00:31:55,580 --> 00:32:01,002 And the question was, did Boeing put an unsafe plane in the air? 473 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:04,255 Meeting come to order. 474 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:07,717 We're here today in response to two catastrophic crashes 475 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,055 that claimed 346 lives in the span of five months. 476 00:32:12,555 --> 00:32:16,476 We're very much in the beginning of, uh, our investigation. 477 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:20,563 I would like to recognize the family members of those killed, 478 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:22,649 uh, some of whom are here today, 479 00:32:22,732 --> 00:32:25,818 and we're here to ensure that the lives of your family members 480 00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:28,905 were not lost, uh, in vain and without response. 481 00:32:29,405 --> 00:32:33,159 Today, we'll hear from pilots and other safety professionals 482 00:32:33,242 --> 00:32:35,078 who, uh, work on those planes. 483 00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:38,414 Now, the question is, what were the factors? 484 00:32:39,207 --> 00:32:43,753 Congress's goal, of course, was first to lay out for the public 485 00:32:43,836 --> 00:32:45,713 what happened and why, 486 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,883 and secondly, to look at legislative changes 487 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,135 that could prevent future crashes. 488 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:54,806 After the second crash occurred, 489 00:32:54,889 --> 00:32:59,268 Boeing was trying to push the focus onto the Ethiopian pilots. 490 00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:03,231 They acknowledged that MCAS had misfired 491 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:06,359 but maintained that the Ethiopian crew 492 00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:10,989 did not do everything precisely as they were supposed to. 493 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:15,493 It was the same argument they used with Lion Air, 494 00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:20,957 and they waged a pretty vigorous public relations campaign 495 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,001 to try to get their point across. 496 00:33:24,043 --> 00:33:28,464 We learned that Boeing's lobbyists were hiring firms in Washington 497 00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:33,302 to spread the message that foreign pilots were to blame. 498 00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:37,223 Captain Carey, uh, Ethiopia Air, the pilot in the right seat 499 00:33:37,306 --> 00:33:39,976 could not fly at our standards here. 500 00:33:40,059 --> 00:33:43,354 We need to look at their pilot qualifications and training. 501 00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:48,151 You know, Ethiopian Airlines flies a plane into, uh, Washington Dulles every day 502 00:33:48,234 --> 00:33:50,445 from Addis Ababa, and they have been doing it for years. 503 00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:52,613 They have a proud aviation culture, 504 00:33:53,239 --> 00:33:56,117 and you have to remember, uh, sir, and members of the panel, 505 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,995 this is a sudden violent and terrifying event. 506 00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:02,957 Captain Sullenberger, is it fair to blame these pilots? 507 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,419 I just don't want to take the easy path and blame... blame the pilots. 508 00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:09,088 We shouldn't be blaming the pilots, 509 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:13,926 and we shouldn't expect pilots to have to compensate for flawed designs. 510 00:34:14,510 --> 00:34