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Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf] by projektfu on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:08PM (#39284389)
Potentially the result when you rob workers of the right to pride in workmanship. The most common complaint from old Boeing people who have left is that after the merger the McDonnell-Douglas people took over and the company switched from pride in engineering and quality of workmanship to cost cutting and bean counting. Also, shortly after the merger the corporate HQ moved, reflecting the priorities of the CEO. It has since moved again, apparently to be better for lobbying.
Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf] by p_l on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @05:00AM (#39286606)
The original move was also related to lobbying potential.

But the CEO who started the moves etc. was a Boeing lifer.

Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf] by projektfu on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:26AM (#39287203)
The original move to Chicago was for lobbying? I figured it was more of moving where the CEO wanted to live.
Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf] by p_l on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:13AM (#39287597)
No, the reasoning officially was to move closer to acquired companies and better lobbying especially for defense involvement
Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf] by jmpwat on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:38PM (#39292390)
yep but then the jack welch acolytes moved in and exponentially worsened it
Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf] by p_l on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @05:02PM (#39294873)
Many suggest that Phil Condit got seduced by Welch school late on...