To keep the design expertise in-house. Or as aptly put in this piece: > He had subsequently watched its commercial aircraft business outsource itself to death.

To keep the design expertise in-house. Or as aptly put in this piece: > He had subsequently watched its commercial aircraft business outsource itself to death. A key problem was that designers became so out of touch that they no longer understood basic manufacturing realities. http://www.fingleton.net/boeing-goes-to-pieces/ http://www.fingleton.net/boeing-goes-to-pieces/