Boeing has staff issues

[3NUMBAS]

they can’t find mechanics and engineers 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-air-force-one-production-090000698.html
 

[Bannoi]

Should go to Airbus I'm sure they would love to help.

[impulse]

That's what happens when you treat seasoned employees as fungible commodities you can replace with cheaper noobs.  And I'd sure be reluctant to hire onto a company that recently announced 10% layoffs.  To make their C-Suite bonus numbers.

 

Not to mention, when the experienced guys highlighting safety issues are retaliated against, fired or just die mysteriously...

 

[BLMFem]

Boeing's problems seem to be structural and systemic, and several interesting documentaries and articles I've watched/read all point to the same root cause; the merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.

From ChatGPT:

"After the merger, financial managers and executives—often with backgrounds in economics, finance, or business—gained dominance in Boeing’s leadership, displacing the company’s traditional engineering-led culture."

You'd think that after the MCAS disaster they would do a complete reset, but that definitively did not seem to happen based on later incidents and information brought forward by whistleblowers.

Now, the recent 787-8 disaster could well be caused by other factors than a defect company culture, but imagine if it was traced back to shoddy parts and practices. Is Boeing really too big to fail?

 

[candide]

2 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Boeing's problems seem to be structural and systemic, and several interesting documentaries and articles I've watched/read all point to the same root cause; the merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.

From ChatGPT:

"After the merger, financial managers and executives—often with backgrounds in economics, finance, or business—gained dominance in Boeing’s leadership, displacing the company’s traditional engineering-led culture."

You'd think that after the MCAS disaster they would do a complete reset, but that definitively did not seem to happen based on later incidents and information brought forward by whistleblowers.

Now, the recent 787-8 disaster could well be caused by other factors than a defect company culture, but imagine if it was traced back to shoddy parts and practices. Is Boeing really too big to fail?

 

It's not only the culture, it's the tyrany of shareholders' returns. Boeing has been too focused on improving short-term results (and the value of stock options) at the expense of longer-term industrial concerns. Airbus has more stable and forward lookind shareholders (around 25% held by 3 governments).

[ThreeCardMonte]

4 hours ago, impulse said:

That's what happens when you treat seasoned employees as fungible commodities you can replace with cheaper noobs.  And I'd sure be reluctant to hire onto a company that recently announced 10% layoffs.  To make their C-Suite bonus numbers.

 

Not to mention, when the experienced guys highlighting safety issues are retaliated against, fired or just die mysteriously...

 

“or just die mysteriously”

 

I believe the day before he was to testify before Congress.

 

Where were the Clintons?  

[BLMFem]

22 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

“or just die mysteriously”

 

I believe the day before he was to testify before Congress.

 

Where were the Clintons?  

Safely tucked away in your head.

[ThreeCardMonte]

1 hour ago, BLMFem said:

Safely tucked away in your head.

Oh, Dear!