There are about 387 Boeing 737 Max aircraft that have been grounded due to the two recent crashes that resulted in the inexcusable deaths of 346 innocent souls. It appears that the primary cause of these crashes was a lack of proper monitoring and inspection of matters of safety. Both Boeing and a number of federal agencies are responsible for ensuring passenger safety. Ultimately, profits were made at the expense of passenger and crew safety.
I believe that Hammurabi’s Code may have the best solution for ensuring our safety. There are 387 grounded aircraft with at least 71,200 seats available. As each 737 is returned to service, Boeing corporate officials and their families should be expected make a six-hour, nonstop, round-trip flight. The next passengers should be members and families of the FAA, all members of Congress and everyone connected to the White House.
In this matter, by employing the Code of Hammurabi, at least two benefits to the flying public (and many others) could be realized: All of those 387 planes would be pretty dang safe, and planes that crash will provide automatic “swamp draining,” which is always promised by many in leadership positions but never delivered upon.
