Re:Is a Boeing Bailout Taking Shape?
by salawat on Saturday July 20, 2019 @12:44PM
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The thing is, it depends greatly on how much Boeing ends up poisoning the well.
If, for example, people started circulating this whole MAX travesty enough as evidence that Boeing in it's current form is toxic; any political goodwill to grant contracts may legitimately dry up. The company may end up getting disintegrated, essentially rolling back the McDonnell Douglas merger. Regardless of the fact that pretty much does nothing to undo the toxicity inherent to government procurement.
Boeing honestly had to do only one thing to stay healthy. Don't screw up civilian aviation. A flub up anywhere else could be efficiently hidden. Not so, however, in Civil Aviation.
If, for example, people started circulating this whole MAX travesty enough as evidence that Boeing in it's current form is toxic; any political goodwill to grant contracts may legitimately dry up. The company may end up getting disintegrated, essentially rolling back the McDonnell Douglas merger. Regardless of the fact that pretty much does nothing to undo the toxicity inherent to government procurement.
Boeing honestly had to do only one thing to stay healthy. Don't screw up civilian aviation. A flub up anywhere else could be efficiently hidden. Not so, however, in Civil Aviation.