May 18, 2024 · The second problem, often attributed to poor missile tech and the lack of a gun, was actually poor training. While the missiles did indeed suck, the massive ...

May 9, 2024 · Boeing is a once-great company which has been ruined by a change in corporate culture. Since the merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, the focus went from ...

May 19, 2024 · The pace of development was also insane. Lots of brand new designs, rapid iteration. Planes that were state of the art in 1939 were fully obsolete before 1945.

4 days ago · The autothrottle failed during initial takeoff roll and thrust wasn't set correctly by the PM. It's in the report.

May 9, 2024 · Santiago Paredes who worked for Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas, told the BBC he often found up to 200 defects on parts being readied for shipping to Boeing.

2 days ago · Yeah, SC was pure union-dodging. And moving the HQ to Chicago was another cost-cutting thing — I'm sure it was tax breaks — but my family had a running joke ...

May 20, 2024 · They designed them so they were very unstable like the F-16, substituting for a small and agile design like the 16, as Sukhoi was still making jets larger and ...

May 8, 2024 · Boeing is a bunch cheapasses and cutting corners because their McDonnell-Douglas C-level officers (leftovers from the merger way back) want more money. In short ...

May 15, 2024 · In both situations, MCAS detected stalls, overrode the pilots' inputs, and caused the jets to enter into full power dives. When the pilots overpowered the ...

May 22, 2024 · You would think after the failure of McDonnell Douglas and the success of Boeing they would have continued their policy of being an engineer's company instead ...