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Boeing 737 MAX crisis escalates: More and more parts are leaving subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems with defects, insiders claim - and improved stats are due to 'staff being too scared to report issues to bully bosses'
2024-01-14
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  And didn't the US gov't bail Boeing out in the '70's or buy a bunch or its stock or something. Sigh....

Of course, Airbus is getting all kinds of orders now.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2024-01-14 18:39  

#11  Per my statement earier about Boeing giving up the civil market, I would ask naysayers, "When was the last time you saw a brand new Lockheed airliner?"
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-01-14 18:35  

#10  Recent performance calls to mind MAD magazine's old parody of Aeroflot: The only airline that sells half-way tickets to any destination.
Posted by: Tom   2024-01-14 14:24  

#9  #7 above, I'm confident that on display is the DEI/GAY/Feminist amalgam that has supplanted meritocracy for the brief moments before the bankruptcy of Spirit Aerospace. Enjoy the prancing girls until you get your pink slips.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-01-14 14:14  

#8  When they moved the headquarters from Washington state (where the factories are) to Chicago it meant the sales guys had won. You now see the result.
The HQ move to DC means they've thrown in the towel on civilian product, and want to concentrate on mil equipment. The only real reason they continue to make civilian aircraft is they've got so much sunk into the development and production lines. Look for them to try to spin off the civil side over the next ten years or so.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-01-14 13:13  

#7  Here's the "Dream Team" That Made the Massively Failing Airplane Door
Posted by: Angstrom   2024-01-14 12:26  

#6  ...but more than adequate to carry for those you send in as cannon fodder.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-01-14 11:02  

#5  Not so much high quality, the AK, as amazingly good bang for the buck from a thing that's made incredibly cheaply.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-14 10:24  

#4  ^AK-47
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-01-14 10:16  

#3  There is no such thing as high quality communist made stuff.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-01-14 09:50  

#2  No desire to fly anywhere. If we had trains like Europe, might consider travel again.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-14 07:46  

#1  Good way to be sued out of existence. I'll give it to the Chinese who deal with post disaster findings concerning lack of quality control with executions of company owners.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-01-14 07:39  

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