> McDonnell Douglas was purchased almost 25 years ago, so perhaps it may be a little unfair to ascribe all of Boeing's current problems to that one event. Plan

> McDonnell Douglas was purchased almost 25 years ago, so perhaps it may be a little unfair to ascribe all of Boeing's current problems to that one event. Planes have a very long development cycle. If the foundations at Boeing started rotting on the day of the McDonnell-Douglas acquisition, it makes sense that we'd only start seeing it fall apart now.