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Recently I have been fielding increasing numbers of concerned questions about aircraft, airliners, airlines and specifically Boeing aircraft. I personally think that Boeing lost their way long ago. Big money interests appear to have taken it away from the not so distant past of “If it ain’t Boeing, I’m not going.” and where engineers ran the company to one where the bottom line dollar is the singular focus. Now they have what I view as the standard business school kind of incestuous senior management ranks that much of corporate American has. For sure that means that engineers are no longer running the show. I am not sure there are any that even remain in senior leadership ranks.
Just kind of my opinion mixed with observation of fact and/or reporting (which may or may not be fact). When I saw this article FAA Opens New Boeing Inquiry Over 787 Inspections at the Wall Street Journal I had to read it. They provided a “gift” link for subscribers to share and I thought many of you might be interested in it. Please click the link and see what the WSJ has to say. While there is some garbage reporting, the WSJ consistently does a good job with complex issues like this.
I am personally torn over the B787 issues. I can hold it and be very senior in DFW. I have contemplated bidding it since I got my FAA medical restored a year ago. Stories like this cause me to pause and continue evaluating things. The current plane that I fly does a good job on its mission and I don’t wake up to headlines related to production and/or design issues like I find myself reading about Boeing. I hope they get their issues resolved. We are literally down to just a handful of plane makers and only two big plane makers. We need them all healthy and making safer and increasingly efficient products.
Be safe,
Phillip
When they moved their corporate offices (where the senior managers reside) to Chicago, they lost touch with their main business, which used to be designing and building airplanes.
What in the Wild Wild World of Sports were they thinking?!? And who in their right mind would want to move their office TO Chicago?
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