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What’s Wrong with Boeing?
defense one ^ | November 12, 2019 | Mark R. Jacobson

Posted on 11/13/2019 6:06:24 AM PST by daniel1212

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Excerpts of a article which describes a problem that I think reflects the moral degeneration of American society overall, and is increasingly seen in both private industry and the government;

Both of which are committed to liberal political correctness (including LBTQ favoritism*), motivated by fear of that enemy within while weakening the nation against foes from without, both of whom punish those who stand for traditional Biblical values (thus engaging in a costly war against God )

*A moral wrong is not a civil right; like the sin itself, that's confusion;

calling evil good and exchanging light for darkness, is sure delusion!

History tells us where this will lead, from societies now in dust,

When a nation casts off the laws of God, and follows it's own lusts.

(From the poem Freedom not Sodom!

1 posted on 11/13/2019 6:06:24 AM PST by daniel1212
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Like any huge corporation with a near-monopoly they’ve gotten fat, lazy and sloppy.

Same with their unionized workforce.

Those two things largely killed off the steel industry here in Pittsburgh.


2 posted on 11/13/2019 6:08:32 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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From sloppy work to blown deadlines to deadly failures, the company has lost its way. It needs tough love — in the form of Congressional investigations....

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Because Congress is known for its honesty and integrity.


3 posted on 11/13/2019 6:14:43 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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The tough love should come in the form of competition, not congressional hearings.

That, and financial punishment for not meeting contract requirements, including safety standards.


4 posted on 11/13/2019 6:15:00 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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I totally agree on all points. I am amazed that the CEO has not been summarily removed and facing charges - PEOPLE DIED and who knows how many more were put at risk.

If the FAA weren't in bed with Boeing, they would step in and clean house.

5 posted on 11/13/2019 6:15:07 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Takedown My Duly Elected President and You're Attacking The Constitution! IT WILL BE DEFENDED!)
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Who is John Galt?

The US had a good run. And the sun used to never set on the British empire.

All good things come to an end.


6 posted on 11/13/2019 6:16:07 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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Their quality seems to have gone down since moving their HQ from Seattle to Chicago...


7 posted on 11/13/2019 6:17:50 AM PST by kosciusko51
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When Boeing moved its HQ to Chicago, I suspected they’d lost their way.


8 posted on 11/13/2019 6:18:11 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin is eating Boeing’s lunch.


9 posted on 11/13/2019 6:24:26 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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The tough love should come in the form of competition, not congressional hearings. That, and financial punishment for not meeting contract requirements, including safety standards.

Requiring federal contractors to submit to politically correct requirements has not helped.

10 posted on 11/13/2019 6:25:28 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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When Boeing moved its HQ to Chicago, I suspected they’d lost their way.”
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Relocating to Chicago was a confession to the unions. Runner up was Texas and it’s a Right To Work State. Agree Chicago was an existential mistake.


11 posted on 11/13/2019 6:26:02 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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in the form of Congressional investigations

Whether the company has lost its way or not, this suggestion is not going to help.

Congress is full of fakes, phonies, thieves and grifters. The collective intelligence is less than that of a box of rocks, there is less integrity than a 2-year-old alone in a candy store, and if anyone thinks they have the capacity to investigate anything, just watch the news and this website this week.

12 posted on 11/13/2019 6:26:43 AM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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Because Congress is known for its honesty and integrity.

I understand, and i was just reporting, not advocating.

13 posted on 11/13/2019 6:26:43 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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Years ago doing an onsite boeing project the company I worked for was awarded, it was amusing to see boeing engineers playing solitaire at their ‘work’ stations.


14 posted on 11/13/2019 6:27:28 AM PST by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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*concession*


15 posted on 11/13/2019 6:28:14 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: daniel1212
IMHO the downfall of Boeing began when they moved their executive headquarters from Seattle to Chicago.

The fiasco that became the 787 Dreamliner was the first of a long line of Boeing missteps that culminated (thus far, they're not done yet) in the 737MAX groundings over a few missing lines of code.

On the military side, Boeing is years late delivering the KC-46 tanker that they claimed to be experts in building.

16 posted on 11/13/2019 6:29:03 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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When you hire foreigners to do the work, you get what you pay for. When you give Americans job security and treat them with respect you will get a better product. Throw in TQM and you will beat all competitors,
17 posted on 11/13/2019 6:29:12 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Everything I Needed to Know About Islam I Learned on 9/11)
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DING! DING! DING!...... WE HAVE A WINNAH!...................


18 posted on 11/13/2019 6:29:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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In a nutshell...
Boeing has had, like Grumman had, a branch of the US. military in their pocket for so long, that they thought they could sell re-packaged, and refined ‘scat’ and sell it as ‘environmentally safe solid rocket fuel’, and the military would buy it with the glee of the kid under the tree on Christmas morning!!
With the outsourcing of civilian aircraft maintenance to offshore locations, the chance of ‘shade tree mechanics’ increases, with the anti-American stink plastered, as well.


19 posted on 11/13/2019 6:32:17 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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They made the move because the CEO’s paramour (who was also his underling) had relatives near Chicago that she wanted to be near. Soon after the move was complete, the affair was revealed and both were sent packing...and his successors were left holding the bag.


20 posted on 11/13/2019 6:35:32 AM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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