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When the first 737MAX issues appeared a few years ago, I got on Boeing’s web site. It was full of all sorts of DEI rah rah BS. I was just SMDH.

Boeing was ruined when they bought out McDonnell Douglas but MD's executive culture took over Boeing. Boeing bought out MD in 1997, then moved their headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001.

With the execs separated from the shop floor, the engineering culture of Boeing became a bean-counting culture.

[CodeToad]

“With the execs separated from the shop floor, the engineering culture of Boeing became a bean-counting culture.”

It was a bean counters wet dream long before that. FIL was there ‘54-’72. He hated being in management.

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P.S. Yer right, when the MD merger happened it seemed MD took over. Sad.

[rexthecat]

With the execs separated from the shop floor, the engineering culture of Boeing became a bean-counting culture.

Honda has always required its CEO to be an engineer who rose through the ranks. Maybe Boeing should consider doing the same?