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Boeing needs to be broken up. Parts critical to national security can be federalized. The rest can be restructured to restore competition to the market and elim
by nxc18 7y ago
Boeing needs to be broken up. Parts critical to national security can be federalized. The rest can be restructured to restore competition to the market and eliminate the 'single point of failure'.
Boeing's efforts to consolidate the entire US aerospace industry into one company have hurt our society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Boeing_mergers_and_acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Boeing_mergers_and_ac...
- catalogia 7y ago> Boeing needs to be broken up. Parts critical to national security can be federalized. Where that division line might be isn't clear to me. For instance the 737 is both a civilian airliner and a military maritime patrol aircraft (as the P-8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon)
- ramblenode 7y agoAnd they are still considering a 4.2 billion acquisition even as they ask for federal loans. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/18/business/18reuters-health-coronavirus-embraer-boeing-analysis.html https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/18/business/18reuter...