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Re:Boeing Engineers Lost Control of the Company by ulfw on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:43AM (#21309840)
The "industry" wasn't consolidating though. What industry? There were three larg(er) players (Airbus, Boeing, McDD) and a handful of small ones (deHavilland/Bombardier, Embraer, etc). What consolidation was happening in 'the industry' around that time?

Boeing started said consolidation itself by having McDD buy it Boeing with Boeing's money.

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Re:Boeing Engineers Lost Control of the Company by ozmaverick72 on Monday October 21, 2019 @04:00AM (#21310145)
The consolidation the author is talking about is consolidation of defence aerospace contractors - Grumman, Northrup, McDonald Douglas and Boeing. McDonald Douglas was in some financial difficulties and the defence department encouraged the merger to keep them alive.
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