gravitas_deficiency , 4 hours ago

One of the worst parts of the saga is that Boeing used to be a paragon of engineering excellence. I’m not saying they were perfect, or that sketchy shit didn’t happen sometimes (this is an American corporation, after all), but by and large, their business model was “build outstanding planes, and they will sell themselves”.

And then the McDD acqui-merger happened in the 90s, and the finance and business types took over, and upper management started nickel-and-dimeing fucking everything. 3 or so decades of that sort of leadership has put the company where it is today - fighting serious systemic quality and safety issues on the 737MAX, 787, and even the Starliner space capsule they’re trying to get certified right now.