• kbin_space_program
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    -137 months ago

    Shocker that quality took a dive when Boeing stopped using North American labour to build their planes in favour of developing countries.

    • @[email protected]
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      267 months ago

      Lol what? The merger with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation (defense contractor) and continued focus on cheaping out on R&D costs, especially safety related tests, while maximizing investor payouts has way more to do with the quality of their planes than where they’re manufactured.

    • @harderian729
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      57 months ago

      Quality took a dive when Boeing merged with McDonnell-Douglas.

      Their corporate culture overtook Boeing’s engineering one.

      The joke goes, “McDonnell-Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing’s money.”

    • @Donebrach
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      37 months ago

      I imagine you think quality planes are still riveted together by the hand of a team of buxom broads.

      • kbin_space_program
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        17 months ago

        No, Quality was when the wing struts were made in Canada with a single, massive CNC mill. Not in a developing country by near-slave labour.