Posted on 02/20/2025 12:37:54 PM PST by george76
Elon Musk is helping Boeing address delays in the new Air Force One program..
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday said that Elon Musk is "helping us a lot" with addressing issues that have delayed the delivery of Boeing's new Air Force One presidential aircraft.
Ortberg told analysts and investors at the Barclays Industrial Select Conference that the company is making progress with the help of Musk, the CEO of rival aerospace company SpaceX. The work has focused on improving the delivery time of the delayed Air Force One jets, as well as eliminating the risk of continued cost overruns.
"Elon Musk is actually helping us a lot in working through the requirements… so that we can move faster and get the president those airplanes delivered," Ortberg said.
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"And you know he's a brilliant guy, so he's able to pretty quickly ascertain the difference between technical requirements and things that we can move out of the way and he's helping us in a big way," Ortberg said.
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Boeing's defense unit, which makes Air Force One, has taken multiple charges due to cost overruns on fixed-price contracts.
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The contract for the new Air Force One was initially awarded to Boeing in 2018, when it received a $3.9 billion contract to build two new 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One. The aircraft were originally meant to be delivered by December 2024, but subsequent delays led to that being pushed back to 2027 or 2028, with the new delay pushing that back further.
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Why? Is Boeing that stupid?
I have advice for Boeing..take your time, make sure all the parts are attached and that they have tight bolts.
through DEI elimination?
Bolts made to U.S. specs.
Maybe he told Boeing that he’ll build a much better Air Force One with quicker delivery and for less money.
No, Boeing has a bloated bureaucracy that makes things difficult. He’ll act like he’s done with DOGE and X/Twitter: cut the crap and get people back to work on core processes.
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Musk will have Space Force One delivered and operating before Boeing can deliver Air Force One. :)
I was embedded at Boeing in Seatle for several weeks while working on the Future Combat Systems project. I spoke to as many people as possible whether on the program or not. My takeaway is that Boeing is THE most dysfunctional place I’ve ever been. I’ve worked at companies that literally put themselves out of business through their incompetence. So, calling Boeing the worst I’ve ever experienced is coming from a broad comparison background. I suspect Boeing only exists because government won’t allow them to implode. I asked my Oppenheimer financial adviser to find me a defense fund that did not have Boeing in it. He came back and told me he’d checked them all and they all had the minimum amount of 4% of Boeing. I suspect that the government leans on fund managers like, “Gee, that’s a nice company youse got there. Shame if something should happen to your business license.”
If that’s what it takes to make a buck, yes their IQ will drop 50 points faster than you can shake a crooked Congress critter at it.
“Vinnie. Help the judge find his wallet!”
Elo Musk’s first observation at the Boeing Assembly Plant:
Tell the mechanics to remember this rule: Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty.
Apparently, they could not find enough lesbians to build the engines.
Apparently. JFC.
Hap Arnold did the same thing to the Boeing factory that was making B-29s in Witchita, leading to events knows as “The Battle of Kansas.”
IN 1944, Plant #2 was far behind schedule and getting behinder, largely because of problems with components from subcontractors, not the least of which were the Wright Cyclone radial engines. Gen. Arnold had the juice to bring in all the outside experts they would need, plus he ordered all subcontractors to CEASE ALL WORK on everything except B-29 components until production had caught up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kansas
Sometimes even Boeing needs a kick in the pants.
Real engineers instead of DEI imposters?
Management in my organization 15 years ago were keeping Boeing propped up the best they could by buying a software product of theirs and subsidizing its development on the promise of cushy post-retirement gigs.
Should Boeing’s product now be trusted?Boeing has been doing badly of late with safety of its airplanes being given second place to DEI concerns. AF1 being trusted to Boeing for construction is questionable now.
Boeing has been in business for how many decades? How many aircraft have they planned and built? How many billions of federal contracts have they had over the years? Are they not one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world? And they needed Musk to step in and help them?
Man, Boeing must be totally screwed up right now. My money is on their woke and DEI policies that decimated the company to the point of near total collapse. Wow.
It started when they merged with McDonald Douglas. MD Execs started running the show. They outsourced everything and just went Cost Plus. Boeing lost their tech talent.
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