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pnwmom

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1. The long slide downhill began years earlier, when Boeing bought the failing McDonnell-Douglas

Reply to SarahD (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2024, 02:27 PM

Mar 2024

and then quickly put the MD bean counters in charge of the combined company.

Yes, it's been painful for all the good engineers who spent their careers with Boeing to see what's happened to the company since the MD takeover.

Have you seen this piece by John Oliver? It's sadly, infuriatingly funny.

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We miss Boeing. The old Boeing. [View all] SarahD Mar 2024 OP

The long slide downhill began years earlier, when Boeing bought the failing McDonnell-Douglas pnwmom Mar 2024 #1

Seems Boeing reached its peak with the great 747. It's been slow decline since then. brush Mar 2024 #2

Same things happened to several great American companies, like IBM and GE. sinkingfeeling Mar 2024 #3

The 787 program was clearly in the category of New Boeing RainCaster Mar 2024 #4