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I’ve read somewhere that this all started with the McDonnel-Douglas merger. Boeing used to be an engineering company, but the suits took over after the merge to
by jiofih 6y ago
I’ve read somewhere that this all started with the McDonnel-Douglas merger. Boeing used to be an engineering company, but the suits took over after the merge to maximize profit - if a couple hundred innocent people die, you gotta break some eggs right? They probably fly LearJet themselves
- mbreese 6y agoThe phrase I heard somewhere was that when Boeing bought McDonnel-Douglas, what ended up happening was that MD acquired Boeing and convinced Boeing to pay for it. I don’t remember where I read that, but it stuck with me. Maybe we read it in the same place :).