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Post by Vassaggo on Mar 9, 2024 19:59:48 GMT
I don't normally watch him, but The Chica does. So I catch it every once in a while...
General thesis is Boeing had great track record with their planes where McDonald Douglass didn't have one. Boeing had a culture of precision and quality. Where as MC D was more profit driven. Boeing was the Corp that acquired MC D but MC D culture sand people became dominiate. This affected quality control, precision, and culture.
They cut RD and instead of putting money back into the company they bought shares back.
They also relied on subcontractors and their subcontracts...
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Post by merh on Mar 9, 2024 20:39:39 GMT
I don't normally watch him, but The Chica does. So I catch it every once in a while... General thesis is Boeing had great track record with their planes where McDonald Douglass didn't have one. Boeing had a culture of precision and quality. Where as MC D was more profit driven. Boeing was the Corp that acquired MC D but MC D culture sand people became dominiate. This affected quality control, precision, and culture. They cut RD and instead of putting money back into the company they bought shares back. They also relied on subcontractors and their subcontracts... He has done some great shows & this was one of them. Yeah, since Boeing merged with McDonald Douglas, it has been downhill with the focus on increasing the stock price. The Boeing workers, when polled, would not fly on their planes except one guy who said he had a death wish. Out of fear it would cause the stock price to drop, the company did a major upgrade, but then didn't train the Pilots. Balloons in the engine can cause the engine to fail. They can't leave the defrosters on for more than around 5 minutes.
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Post by Vassaggo on Mar 9, 2024 21:18:08 GMT
I don't normally watch him, but The Chica does. So I catch it every once in a while... General thesis is Boeing had great track record with their planes where McDonald Douglass didn't have one. Boeing had a culture of precision and quality. Where as MC D was more profit driven. Boeing was the Corp that acquired MC D but MC D culture sand people became dominiate. This affected quality control, precision, and culture. They cut RD and instead of putting money back into the company they bought shares back. They also relied on subcontractors and their subcontracts... He has done some great shows & this was one of them. Yeah, since Boeing merged with McDonald Douglas, it has been downhill with the focus on increasing the stock price. The Boeing workers, when polled, would not fly on their planes except one guy who said he had a death wish. Out of fear it would cause the stock price to drop, the company did a major upgrade, but then didn't train the Pilots. Balloons in the engine can cause the engine to fail. They can't leave the defrosters on for more than around 5 minutes. What got me is MCAS situation. Not telling the pilots about it should be chargeable offense. Like the planes that crashed the people who made the decision to withhold the MCAS info and no new training just ipad should be charged with Manslaughter.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2024 10:46:23 GMT
It's all those DEI measures that lead to people who weren't qualified being hired. Yup. This probably has something to do with it. There was also that ridiculous fantabulous culty gay presentation at some airline company's floor (couldve been Boeing but not sure) not too long ago literally yelling gay gay...so cringey.. Diversity over merit I guess..
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Mar 11, 2024 21:33:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2024 7:54:25 GMT
As it's a very real thing. Were you born yesterday? Look at a great example with the Harvard top brass who resigned recently. She was more likely than not a diversity hire. Somehow plagiarism gets overlooked and apparently she's still a professor too..
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Mar 12, 2024 11:42:33 GMT
She was more likely than not a diversity hire. Somehow plagiarism gets overlooked and apparently she's still a professor too.. We had our clean-up wave regarding (academic) plagiarism in German politics about 15 years ago, both sexes were affected (Guttenberg, Schavan,... some others)
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Mar 12, 2024 11:43:08 GMT
Belongs here, too John Barnett, 62, was found dead in his truck in a hotel parking lot in South Carolina, cops said Monday - seven years after he retired following a 32-year career. The ex-quality manager at Boeing's North Charleston plant died from a 'self-inflicted' wound, cops in Charleston said, adding that they were still investigation. Barnett's death came during a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation suit, where he alleged under-pressure workers were deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the assembly line.
TEXT: A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.
In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.
Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.
It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.
Mr Barnett had worked for the US plane giant for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017 on health grounds.
From 2010, he worked as a quality manager at the North Charleston plant making the 787 Dreamliner, a state-of-the-art airliner used mainly on long-haul routes.
In 2019, Mr Barnett told the BBC that under-pressure workers had been deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the production line.
He also said he had uncovered serious problems with oxygen systems, which could mean one in four breathing masks would not work in an emergency.
He said soon after starting work in South Carolina he had become concerned that the push to get new aircraft built meant the assembly process was rushed and safety was compromised, something the company denied.
He later told the BBC that workers had failed to follow procedures intended to track components through the factory, allowing defective components to go missing.
He said in some cases, sub-standard parts had even been removed from scrap bins and fitted to planes that were being built to prevent delays on the production line.
He also claimed that tests on emergency oxygen systems due to be fitted to the 787 showed a failure rate of 25%, meaning that one in four could fail to deploy in a real-life emergency.
Mr Barnett said he had alerted managers to his concerns, but no action had been taken.
Boeing denied his assertions. However, a 2017 review by the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), did uphold some of Mr Barnett's concerns.
It established that the location of at least 53 "non-conforming" parts in the factory was unknown, and that they were considered lost. Boeing was ordered to take remedial action.
On the oxygen cylinders issue, the company said that in 2017 it had "identified some oxygen bottles received from the supplier that were not deploying properly". But it denied that any of them were actually fitted on aircraft.
After retiring, he embarked on a long-running legal action against the company.
He accused it of denigrating his character and hampering his career because of the issues he pointed out - charges rejected by Boeing.
At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case.
Last week, he gave a formal deposition in which he was questioned by Boeing's lawyers, before being cross-examined by his own counsel.
He had been due to undergo further questioning on Saturday. When he did not appear, enquiries were made at his hotel.
He was subsequently found dead in his truck in the hotel car park.
Speaking to the BBC, his lawyer described his death as "tragic".
In a statement Boeing said: "We are saddened by Mr. Barnett's passing, and our thoughts are with his family and friends."
His death comes at a time when production standards at both Boeing and its key supplier Spirit Aerosystems are under intense scrutiny.
This follows an incident in early January when an unused emergency exit door blew off a brand-new Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off from Portland International Airport.
A preliminary report from the US National Transportation Safety Board suggested that four key bolts, designed to hold the door securely in place, were not fitted.
Last week, the FAA said a six-week audit of the company had found "multiple instances where the company allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements".
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Mar 13, 2024 8:57:13 GMT
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Mar 16, 2024 13:16:32 GMT
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Apr 12, 2024 16:24:04 GMT
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Apr 27, 2024 19:45:10 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Apr 27, 2024 19:52:29 GMT
Nice try, but Elon Musk already PROVED black people are to blame. /s
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Post by notoriousnobbi on May 2, 2024 7:41:00 GMT
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Post by notoriousnobbi on May 2, 2024 7:47:38 GMT
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