<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 1:52 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">As someone whose fond first <br>
memories of flying was on a TWA Boeing 747 jumbo jet where the <br>
stewardesses brought me crayons and toys to keep me occupied, I have ask <br>
what happened to Boeing? When and how did they fall so low?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>When they merged with McConnell Douglas in 1997, the Douglas managers apparently ousted the Boeing top brass. The latter group cared about quality engineering; the new bosses cared about short-term profits and cost cutting. This attitude got passed along in their choices of who to hire and promote, just like the old one used to be.</div><div><br></div><div>It has taken decades for the rot to thoroughly manifest, but it's plain to see today.</div></div></div>