Originally Posted by
Mark in CA
The downside of doing more by itself, suppliers and analysts say, is that Boeing could weaken access to outside innovation, import risk and tie up capital and finite engineering resources
Very interesting.. When they outsourced the B787 manufacturing, they complained their suppliers weren't up to the task, and that caused all the delays. They had to send their own engineers out to train them.
Now the media is claiming these outsourced suppliers/engineers actually have more skill and knowledge than Boeing... Somehow I doubt that.