Industry standard now a Pulitzer Prize winner dominic gates covers the Aerospace Industry for the Seattle Times. Hes had this beat since 2003. Theyre here tonight to discuss peters book flying blind, the 737 max tragedy in the fall of boeing. Please join me in welcoming dominic gates and peter robinson. Okay. Well, first of all, thank you all for coming. Im dominic gates. This is peter robison. And before i start throwing questions adam, let me just say a a few things about the book. And id like to begin by since the subtitle of the book is includes the fall of boeing. Id like to begin by recalling the great legacy of boeing. And what it means to this region and to the world. Boeing give the puget puget sound region a great part of its social fabric all those bluecollar jobs, very highly paid. Engineering work that was world class. Was all here for a hundred years and generations of families have grown up with boeing and its created the economy of the Pacific Northwest and of course it
Industry standard now a Pulitzer Prize winner dominic gates covers the Aerospace Industry for the Seattle Times. Hes had this beat since 2003. Theyre here tonight to discuss peters book flying blind, the 737 max tragedy in the fall of boeing. Please join me in welcoming dominic gates and peter robinson. Okay. Well, first of all, thank you all for coming. Im dominic gates. This is peter robison. And before i start throwing questions adam, let me just say a a few things about the book. And id like to begin by since the subtitle of the book is includes the fall of boeing. Id like to begin by recalling the great legacy of boeing. And what it means to this region and to the world. Boeing give the puget puget sound region a great part of its social fabric all those bluecollar jobs, very highly paid. Engineering work that was world class. Was all here for a hundred years and generations of families have grown up with boeing and its created the economy of the Pacific Northwest and of course it
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