Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737 Max

Re:Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737... by ReGenGen on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @07:31PM (#19914881)

Amazing how Boeing was restructured from an engineering & production organization into a political influence machine. Production was spread (and outsourced) from Seattle out to key influential states and HQ moved to Chicago.

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Re:Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737... by PaulHoule on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @07:36PM (#19914906)

Not just US influence but international influence.

In the 777 and 787 eras, Boeing decentralized production all over the world, and it's hard to say that Airbus is really a European company because they've done the same.

Back in the day so many countries had to have a fourth- or fifth-rate car industry, and to head that off, the Boeing-Airbus duopoly distributed production all over the place so politicians in most countries could point to some part in a Boeing or Airbus airliner that was made in their country to discourage the development of an indigenous industry.

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Re:Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737... by dingaling on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:55PM (#19916278)

Which is why the safety cards in US airline cabins cleverly state "Country of final manufacture: ___"; another subtle win for Boeing.

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Re:Boeing Resisted Pilots’ Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737... by jorblumesea on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:32PM (#19916180)

It was the financialization of the company from just producing airplanes to a "global 100 company". Of course, with all of the problems and pressures that go with it.

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