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Boeing Board to Call for Safety Changes After 737 Max Crashes
Though the committee did not investigate the two crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max jet, their findings represent the company’s most direct effort yet to reform its internal processes after the accidents, which killed 346 people. (www.nytimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It is not the same Boeing Company I worked for as then, the mentality was "people use our products, we get-it-right." Over time the Bean Counters took over and along with Marketing, costs and schedule pressures prevailing created a dangerous mix. At the Senior Executive and Board level, the passive investors began putting pressure for higher dividends, stock buybacks creating higher market value. A blending, driven by prestige and greed factors led to the 737-Max debacle. (Additionally, Boeing's Military division has experienced aircraft delivery delays due to assembly and Quality Control issues.) So now, those who contributed to the disgrace get to correct the mess!
This seems to summarize what old Boeing hands have been saying here:
"One of the report’s most significant findings concerns the reporting structure for engineers at the company. At Boeing, top engineers report primarily to the business leaders for each airplane model, and secondarily to the company’s chief engineer. Under this model, engineers who identify problems that might slow a jet’s development could face resistance from executives whose jobs revolve around meeting production deadlines. The committee recommends flipping the reporting lines, so that top engineers report primarily to Boeing’s chief engineer, and secondarily to business unit leaders."
"One of the report’s most significant findings concerns the reporting structure for engineers at the company. At Boeing, top engineers report primarily to the business leaders for each airplane model, and secondarily to the company’s chief engineer. Under this model, engineers who identify problems that might slow a jet’s development could face resistance from executives whose jobs revolve around meeting production deadlines. The committee recommends flipping the reporting lines, so that top engineers report primarily to Boeing’s chief engineer, and secondarily to business unit leaders."
Boeing still has a massive cultural problem on the business end, not the engineering end. Now that their bad decisions are out there for everyone to see, now they want safety over money.
I got to work with one of the good managers from Boeing a while back, and he said the business management was toxic, and it was just a matter of time before it got someone hurt or killed.
I got to work with one of the good managers from Boeing a while back, and he said the business management was toxic, and it was just a matter of time before it got someone hurt or killed.
Now they're calling for safety changes? Should be part of their checklist on each and every phase of design. Hey Boeing, safety first and then PROFIT.
It's kind of sad that Boeing didn't have some of these procedures in place before everything went to heck. The lack of a company wide safety committee is the most surprising, especially in a company with this many employee's. It's really good that the Boeing's board set-up this committee shortly after the incidents, and kept it under the radar. Hopefully that got honest insight to the issues.
More "Cow Fart"?
An excellent recommendation, one to be enacted without objection!