McDonell-Douglas, despite being the acquired party, destroyed Boeing’s engineer-led culture and replaced it with an accountant-led one instead. A big reason wh

McDonell-Douglas, despite being the acquired party, destroyed Boeing’s engineer-led culture and replaced it with an accountant-led one instead. A big reason why the unimaginative 737MAX was allowed to proceed and more innovative projects like the 797 floundered or were cancelled. Even the 787, which should have led to massive Boeing orderbooks due to its prescience, was hamstrung by battery issues right out of the gate.