LA Times: News Analysis: Boeing sacrificed quality on the altar of shareholder value

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Jan 19, 2020
12:17:37pm

Zenoch All-American

This article - although I have some quibbles with it - resonated with me

Los Angeles Times

News Analysis: Boeing sacrificed quality on the altar of shareholder value

The 2019 column I most wish I could take back was about Boeing.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-17/nocera-boeing

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Zenoch

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Boeing's decision, ten years ago, will plague the company for years.

Everyman

1/19/20 11:16am

American Airlines should shoulder a portion of the blame as well. They demanded

Kajdin

1/19/20 11:22am

Not sure being engineer-driven is viable as they don’t have social skills or personalities

TEXAS

1/19/20 11:38am

When dealing with something highly technical, it should be engineer driven

Hypnotoad

1/19/20 11:48am

Agreed. Just keep them away from the public as much as possible

TEXAS

1/19/20 11:55am

We're not cave trolls.

Hypnotoad

1/19/20 12:05pm

RE: We're not cave trolls.

CDV

1/19/20 12:09pm

RE: We're not cave trolls.

TEXAS

1/19/20 1:36pm

One thing I see consistently with engineers when

thebruce

1/19/20 12:08pm

RE: Not sure being engineer-driven is viable as they don’t have social

barnacle

1/19/20 12:08pm

RE: Not sure being engineer-driven is viable as they don’t have social skills or personalities

dilbert

1/19/20 12:14pm

Seriously, though, while you don't want the engineers running the company, you definitely do want to listen

dilbert

1/19/20 12:17pm

Maximizing profits too much in the short term usually leads to loss of market

JollyGreenGiant

1/19/20 11:40am

LA Times: News Analysis: Boeing sacrificed quality on the altar of shareholder value

Zenoch

1/19/20 12:17pm

But it has provided a powerful metaphor for software companies. As a software

Hypnotoad

1/19/20 11:45am

So many of the headlines are written to gain readers. The 737MAX has been a

Emmett Fitz-Hume

1/19/20 4:58pm

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