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Boeing 737 Max operators told to check fuselages for cracks (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How far they've fallen, all due to a single acquisition.

For those unaware, the saying used to be "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going". The reason for this was because Boeing had a well deserved reputation for quality, reliability, and overengineering. It was a company run by engineers. Another company named McDonnell Douglas, with the polar opposite reputation, went or was about to go bankrupt. It was a company run by salesmen. Boeing decided to buy McDonnell Douglas but instead of firing the entirety of MD's executive branch, they decided to absorb them. In short order the MD virus that was their sales first executive team spread and eventually took over Boeing.

This is as I remember it so if I got something wrong, please correct me.

[–] mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago

It's mostly correct, but even before McDonnell Douglas in the early 90's Boeing actually had repeat issues of 737 rudders reversing direction in flight, causing accidents. Their response was exactly the same as the MAX8 crashes, cover it up and blame the pilots. It even sounds to me like they tampered with evidence according to Admiral Cloudberg's telling of it: https://imgur.com/a/5wcFx8M

Boeing, which had packed the valve for shipping, did not explain why it kept the spring and the end cap. It instead tried to steer the NTSB toward a conclusion that the crash was caused by a wind rotor

I certainly still agree things got MUCH worse after the merger though

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A business example of rotten apples spoiling the whole batch.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

It's actually worse than that. Boeing bought MD with stocks, which means MD essentially bought Boeing with Boeing's money.