Boeing is an iconic American company. Here's how it lost its way:
Now, according to Boeing’s own research, 40% of travelers are unwilling to fly on the plane, which has been grounded worldwide, costing airlines over a billion dollars in losses and shaking the confidence of investors and government regulators.... [+]One of the important questions Boeing needs to ponder is whether it was too focused on short-term financial results.
Kay’s 2010 book ironically uses Boeing as an example to illustrate that “the most profitable companies are not the most profit-oriented.” The culture shift continued under Condit’s immediate successor as Boeing CEO, Harry Stonecipher, and his successor, James McNerny. Stonecipher is quoted in a 2019as saying “When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it’s run like a business rather than a great engineering firm.”
But there have been multiple reports in the MAX tragedy of cost-cutting, speed of production and profitability objectives being prioritized over safety and quality. The Federal Aviation Administration reported that certain Boeing employees faced “undue pressures” with respect to the MAX certification process because of “conflicting priorities.”... [+]
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