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Re:Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes on 737 in Latest Setback by dv_dt on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:50PM (#39265211)
This is the guy that Boeing should have made CEO https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Mulally who has a much deeper background on the civil aviation side of things.

Turned down for the Boeing CEO position, went to Ford and carried them through the Great recession as one of the big 3 auto makers that did not need a govt bailout.

I'd say call him back, but he's probably enjoying retirement by now.

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Re:Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes on 737 in Latest Setback by Gravityloss on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:56AM (#39274193)
Some people at Boeing criticize Mulally though. 777 program involved already a lot of outsourcing. There's a nice documentary about the program on youtube, "21st Century Jet": https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=21st+century+je...
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Re:Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes on 737 in Latest Setback by dv_dt on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @03:15PM (#39279916)
After Mulally left, Boeing went all in (to an extreme imho) on outsourcing. I don’t know enough to say if he would have done the same. But imho spinning off fundamental items like fuselages is a big source of inefficiency and risk right now for Boeing.
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