There was a quip back in 1997 that "McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing's money" referring to the restacking of the Boeing management with ex-McDD execu

There was a quip back in 1997 that "McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing's money" referring to the restacking of the Boeing management with ex-McDD executives after the merger. The last true engineering-led Boeing was the 777. Chaotic mess of 787 development or apparent stretch-too-far Max are pure McDD.