Posted on 02/11/2020 8:10:19 PM PST by NorseViking
The Pannenjet 737 Max continues to create a depressed mood at Boeing. According to the official website of the US aviation giant, the group did not receive a single aircraft order in January. The last time sales were so bleak was in 1962. At Boeing, deliveries looked poor at the beginning of the year: only 13 aircraft were delivered to customers handed over, including six 787 Dreamliners, The European archrival Airbus, on the other hand, has already received 274 orders for new transport jets and is therefore continuing to pull away. In 2019, Boeing even lost its bottom line for the first time in over 30 years because there were more cancellations than new orders. Airbus benefited from the weakness of its US competitor and for the first time in years took over the world market leadership as the largest aircraft manufacturer. Boeing hopes that the 737 Max will be able to take off again from mid-2020
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If I had a choice between a Boeing 737 Maxi-Pad and a Princess Cruise Ship leaving from Beijing I would stay home. Nobody’s going to get on those planes or cruise ships for awhile.
Political correctness is killing this country.
The bottom line is what’s killing it, caring more about profit for the shareholders than the quality of the product
Engineering companies should only hire MBAs with undergraduate engineering degrees.
MBSs are idiots. I would never hire one.
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