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Our government is not competent enough to do that. Much of the issues Boeing has are as a result of government involvement. Just look at the entire starliner
by AdamJacobMuller 2y ago
Our government is not competent enough to do that.
Much of the issues Boeing has are as a result of government involvement.
Just look at the entire starliner debacle, in any truly free market Boeing would have been fired as a vendor years ago. They were (and are) way behind schedule, their unmanned demo flight was a failure, they still went forward with a manned flight which has been an abject failure -- the crew is on month three of what was supposed to be a 3 hour^W^W9 day tour. They might not be coming home till February. I hope they have someone watering their plants.
- alistairSH 2y agoIf by "involvement" you mean the opposite, sure. The government approved the merger. The government allowed Boeing to run with minimal FAA oversight. I'm speaking of their commercial aviation side, not the military/space stuff.
- AdamJacobMuller 2y agoYou seem to be agreeing that our government is not competent enough to handle Boeing from an oversight perspective, let alone actively running the company. I agree with both of your points, the government should never have allowed the McDonnell Douglas merger (I assume that's what you mean) and I can't possibly agree more that the FAA's "self certification" regime was a hilariously bad concept which was made worse by their implementation.
- alistairSH 2y agoI was responding to the contention that you made: "Much of the issues Boeing has are as a result of government involvement." The government hasn't been involved, that's the problem. We elected people who want to deregulate everything and this is what we get.