This move will do Boeing some great good. Hopefully it will also loosen up some of the crony activities and relationships as well. Boeing is a company that is racing to the bottom as anyone in the company trying to do better is Uncle Tom’d. The entire company would rather get along than get moving and build a product. How people feel and personal relationships are more important than productivity and getting the job done. The 787 has slipped not because the engineering is difficult but because of inept managers who would rather slip a schedule and protect their relationships than discipline those not doing their jobs.
Welcome to the world of unions and other government employees. and these are the ones that are going to save us from insurance companies, car manufacturers, banks, and terrorist. God help us and pray that November 2010 comes real soon without too much damage being done from these imbeciles.