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> No, this is how Boeing has always operated. While I have no doubt Boeings business has been cyclical, many of the problems they face today can also be attrib

by jussij 6y ago

> No, this is how Boeing has always operated. While I have no doubt Boeings business has been cyclical, many of the problems they face today can also be attributed to bad management. These problems can be linked back to when Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas, resulting in it's loss of engineering focus: https://www.msn.com/en-za/money/news/how-the-mcdonnell-douglas-boeing-merger-led-to-the-737-max-crisis/ar-BBYzJXz https://www.msn.com/en-za/money/news/how-the-mcdonnell-dougl... If you read the wiki page for McDonnell Douglas it reads a lot like the modern day Boeing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas This gives a hint as to how that merger help to infect Boeing (no pun intended) with it's current bad management culture.

bb88 6y ago
> Boeing, which has been struggling for the past year with the safety of its 737 Max jet, has spent over $43 billion buying back stock over the past decade. https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-airlines-under-fire-90-billion-share-buybacks-stoke-controversy-bailout-pleas-least-1493934 https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-airlines-under-fire-90-billi... Step 1: Give billions in stock buy backs and ask for billions in tax cuts Step 2: Demand that taxpayers to bail you out in a recession Step 3: Repeat
- craftinator 6y ago
  It's like a heat pump, but for moneys. It's a MONEY pump!
jdc 6y ago
Boeing's decay previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20353342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20353342
silviogutierrez 6y ago
Off topic but it's killing me: what is the pun there? I just don't see it.
- meowgoldie 6y ago
  "infect" Boeing
  - silviogutierrez 6y ago
    Am I crazy? I still don't see any word play. Is there a homonym, or specific phonetic reading I'm missing? Tried: - Infect-being - In fact being - Etc. Thanks for the help.
    - achow 6y ago
      Covid infected humans. McDonnell 'infected' Boeing.
    - mehrdadn 6y ago
      It's not a pun. Just a joke. Lots of people just say pun to refer to any wordplay. Wait till you find out "meme" is now starting to mean "joke" too.
- jussij 6y ago
  COVID-19 Edit: To clarify one could argue Boeing's problems are due to COVID-19 infections not due to a MD infection.

by jussij 6y ago

bb88 6y ago

> Boeing, which has been struggling for the past year with the safety of its 737 Max jet, has spent over $43 billion buying back stock over the past decade. https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-airlines-under-fire-90-billion-share-buybacks-stoke-controversy-bailout-pleas-least-1493934 https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-airlines-under-fire-90-billi... Step 1: Give billions in stock buy backs and ask for billions in tax cuts Step 2: Demand that taxpayers to bail you out in a recession Step 3: Repeat

craftinator 6y ago
It's like a heat pump, but for moneys. It's a MONEY pump!

jdc 6y ago

Boeing's decay previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20353342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20353342

silviogutierrez 6y ago

Off topic but it's killing me: what is the pun there? I just don't see it.

meowgoldie 6y ago
"infect" Boeing
- silviogutierrez 6y ago
  Am I crazy? I still don't see any word play. Is there a homonym, or specific phonetic reading I'm missing? Tried: - Infect-being - In fact being - Etc. Thanks for the help.
  - achow 6y ago
    Covid infected humans. McDonnell 'infected' Boeing.
  - mehrdadn 6y ago
    It's not a pun. Just a joke. Lots of people just say pun to refer to any wordplay. Wait till you find out "meme" is now starting to mean "joke" too.
jussij 6y ago
COVID-19 Edit: To clarify one could argue Boeing's problems are due to COVID-19 infections not due to a MD infection.