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It's not necessarily a question of persons (and the CEO did a resigned after the Max crashes). It's more a question of culture (oversimplifying, sales vs engin
by kakwa_ 3y ago
It's not necessarily a question of persons (and the CEO did a resigned after the Max crashes).
It's more a question of culture (oversimplifying, sales vs engineering) and this is harder to change most of the time. Apparently, even the Max debacle was not enough.
- markdown 3y ago> and the CEO did a resigned after the Max crashes That was a funny one. They replaced him with his chairman... hence, more of the same.
- aredox 3y agoThe MD "moles" managed to change the culture of Boeing pretty quickly from engineering- to sales-first. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/how-boeing-lost-its-bearings/602188/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/how-boeing... https://archive.ph/vy5p7 https://archive.ph/vy5p7
- sushibowl 3y agoSome of these executive quotes read (admittedly with the benefit of hindsight) like satire. > But the nearest Boeing commercial-airplane assembly facility would be 1,700 miles away. The isolation was deliberate. “When the headquarters is located in proximity to a principal business—as ours was in Seattle—the corporate center is inevitably drawn into day-to-day business operations,” Condit explained at the time. Oh man, wouldn't want that to happen. > With ethics now front and center, Condit was forced out and replaced with Stonecipher, who promptly affirmed: “When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it’s run like a business rather than a great engineering firm.” Indeed.
- yencabulator 3y agoWith a 63 million golden handshake for job well done, on top of the all the money he previously made. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11893274/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11893274/