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Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing
Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its engineering soul? (www.theatlantic.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The sooner Boeing gets rid of the Jack Welch clones the better. If they stay, you can forget Boeing. It’s good night and goodbye.
Boeing had engineers as managers in its early days. Finance people replaced them, and now the results are being seen.
The saddest part to me is that I worked on Boeing KC-135 tankers for twenty six years and in my opinion, they were the greatest airplanes ever built. They were built from 1955-1965 and a great many of those airframes are still flying, even carrying the majority of the mission for the refueling fleet. The KC-10 and KC-46 have not been able to meet the mission adequately to fully replace the KC-135, while the KC-10 did a good job in its limited numbers. It's a true shame that such a great design/manufacturing company lost its way. I hope they can regain what it was that made them the premier American aircraft manufacturer.
those where the days were people to pried of the jobs,
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Reading this article it seems that the customers (airlines and passengers)are not part of the equation. Someone might in charge may want to recognize that there are customers.