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...with resounding success: > In 2019, following the discovery of exterior damage on planes manufactured in Charleston [the non-unionized factory], for a time
by rob74 2y ago
...with resounding success:
> In 2019, following the discovery of exterior damage on planes manufactured in Charleston [the non-unionized factory], for a time Qatar Airways would only accept delivery of Dreamliners assembled in Everett [the unionized factory]. (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_South_Carolina#Quality-control_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_South_Carolina#Quality-...)
But then they moved all 787 production to North Charleston, so problem solved.
- hinkley 2y ago> But then they moved all 787 production to North Charleston, so problem solved. That better be some top shelf sarcasm. It’s shameful what’s happened to Boeing. I worked there during the fall. After the bribery scandal, but before MD broke it. It was still okay-ish until they butchered their R&D dept. That’s not a healthy company.