> From what I've read, following the merger Boeing was no longer run out of Seattle but Chicago. How can you effectively manage a manufacturing facility from ha

> From what I've read, following the merger Boeing was no longer run out of Seattle but Chicago. How can you effectively manage a manufacturing facility from halfway across the country? It's worse than that: They deliberately moved management to Chicago to separate management decisions from engineers. All those pesky pocket-protector-wearing eggheads were considered a nuisance who were apparently hellbent to rain on MBA powerpoint parades.