{"product_id":"9780241455593-flying-blind","title":"Flying Blind","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a great American company. A must-read'  \u003c\/b\u003eBethany McLean, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smartest Guys in the Room  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling and richly reported,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlying Blind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is about so much more than the sad decline of Boeing and the tragic mistakes that led to the 737 Max disaster. It's also the urgent story of how the almighty profit motive supplanted a culture of engineering excellence in boardrooms across America' \u003c\/b\u003eBrad Stone, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Everything Store  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive exposé of how Boeing put profit before passengers, leading to the devastating loss of life in the 737 MAX crashes and the downfall of an American business giant\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn examining the history of the 737, \u003ci\u003eFlying Blind\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Boeing's new management degraded a highly-regarded plane with cost-focused mandates and skimped on testing in the race to match a competing plane from Airbus. How Boeing outsourced software work to poorly paid graduates in India and convinced the US Federal Aviation Authority to put the MAX into service without requiring pilots to undergo simulator training, and how ultimately these failures resulted in the deaths of 346 Boeing passengers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFramed around the 737 MAX crashes,\u003ci\u003e Flying Blind \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive exposé that for the first time tells the larger, decades-long story of how a corrupt corporate culture paved the way for a cataclysm that cost lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vividly written and meticulously researched, \u003ci\u003eFlying Blind\u003c\/i\u003e is a story everyone - every consumer, every citizen, every worker in every industry - needs to read' \u003c\/b\u003eDiana B. Henriques, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gripping narrative and required reading for anyone who wants to understand how one of America's mightiest corporations veered so badly off course' \u003c\/b\u003eSheelah Kolhatkar, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451400204662,"sku":"9780241455593","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32377751.jpg?v=1760462369","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241455593-flying-blind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}