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He might be right though. If it's going to be impossible to compete with SpaceX, however talented the engineers are, they can still make money for a while being
by EnigmaFlare 2y ago
He might be right though. If it's going to be impossible to compete with SpaceX, however talented the engineers are, they can still make money for a while being the backup that the government wants even if they never produce anything that works.
- 7thaccount 2y agoHow does that make him right? Getting rid of the talented people making new products just means you can only win via regulatory capture.
- justin66 2y agoIt was maybe a slightly stronger strategy before their airliners started failing in spectacularly public ways, drawing scrutiny.
- 627467 2y agoYou just described exactly what happens. The business and competitive advantage of Primes like Boeing IS regulatory capture. So focusing their operations on it is right call
- lupusreal 2y agoAh, the "we're losers so we should stop trying to do better" mentality. This must be why they pay him the big bucks.
- boricj 2y agoThat doesn't work with fixed-price contracts and the Starliner is one of those. Boeing's overrun costs in that program aren't covered by the government, they've been hemorrhaging money for a while on it as noted by the article.