Originally Posted by
Australopithecus
That just reflects the broad differences between the two cultures. I have been in a few manufacturing facilities on both continents, and its always as you describe. Don’t ever subject yourself to an industrial factory tour in China.
The old Boeing had the technical expertise and imagination to make game changers. Back in the day the 747 was engineered by the “B” team while most of the talent was trying to get the SST off the drawing board. They were able, in about 15 years, to come up with the B-47, B-52, 707, KC135, 727, 737, 747. And do the SST engineering. And whatever other military/space projects I am forgetting.
That Boeing was more than capable of defining state of the art.
Yep, and then, Boeing intentionally changed into a stock-exchange directed leech to please "the investors" and now, we effectively do have a company with a lot of orders to fulfil, but no perspective for the future, due to a lack of long-term investments. That's how big companies (start to) fail.