"I will acknowledge with you that we have had a learning. Unfortunately, we’ve had two learnings." said the chief engineer referring to his responsibility for the death of 346 people.https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-737-max-program-leaders-who-approved-flight-control-system-say-they-didnt-know-key-details/ …
The euphemism is bad enough, but in this case it's even false. If the first had actually been a learning, the second wouldn't have happened.
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Maybe we shouldn't jump on someone's awkward phrasing like the media do whenever someone gives many hours of testimony and they look for the one place he stumbled. This is why I hate reporters.
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That phrasing is undoubtedly the product of deliberate coaching from Boeing’s communications and legal teams. It’s a cynical and deliberate attempt to distance the company from the human consequences of their choices. It’s a fair target for criticism.
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