It’s not just that it seems to be legal to murder people for profit—there’s also no particular social stigma in being a murderer if you sit a few floors up from the workers.

The format is sometimes ploddy (talking head, clip, graph, talking head, clip, diagram) but the cumulative effect is powerful enough to suggest a new mantra: “If it is Boeing, I ain’t going!”

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing is an exceptionally strong expose, one with a clear thesis, a powerful, direct argument to make, and implications that extend far beyond just Boeing.

The admirable aspect of Downfall is that it puts a human face on the two airplane disasters.