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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by jussij on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:05PM (#23331773)
> No, this is how Boeing has always operated.

While I have no doubt Boeings business has been cyclical, many of the problems they face today can also be attributed to bad management.

These problems can be linked back to when Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas, resulting in it's loss of engineering focus:

https://www.msn.com/en-za/money/news/how-the-mcdonnell-dougl...

If you read the wiki page for McDonnell Douglas it reads a lot like the modern day Boeing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas

This gives a hint as to how that merger help to infect Boeing (no pun intended) with it's current bad management culture.

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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by bb88 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:47PM (#23332859)
> Boeing, which has been struggling for the past year with the safety of its 737 Max jet, has spent over $43 billion buying back stock over the past decade.

https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-airlines-under-fire-90-billi...

Step 1: Give billions in stock buy backs and ask for billions in tax cuts

Step 2: Demand that taxpayers to bail you out in a recession

Step 3: Repeat

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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by craftinator on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:15AM (#23333332)
It's like a heat pump, but for moneys. It's a MONEY pump!
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by jdc on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:15AM (#23333327)
Boeing's decay previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20353342
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by silviogutierrez on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:39AM (#23333793)
Off topic but it's killing me: what is the pun there? I just don't see it.
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by jussij on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:27AM (#23334093)
COVID-19

Edit: To clarify one could argue Boeing's problems are due to COVID-19 infections not due to a MD infection.

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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by meowgoldie on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:44AM (#23333826)
"infect" Boeing
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by silviogutierrez on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:25AM (#23334078)
Am I crazy? I still don't see any word play. Is there a homonym, or specific phonetic reading I'm missing? Tried:

- Infect-being

- In fact being

- Etc.

Thanks for the help.

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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by achow on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:38AM (#23334173)
Covid infected humans. McDonnell 'infected' Boeing.
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by mehrdadn on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:40AM (#23334934)
It's not a pun. Just a joke. Lots of people just say pun to refer to any wordplay. Wait till you find out "meme" is now starting to mean "joke" too.
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