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Understanding the Boeing mess after two crashes

Understanding the Boeing mess after two crashes
Boeing will sort out its troubles eventually by applying the oldest of manufacturing insights: training, repetition, standardisation and careful documentation. (Image: WSJ)
The Wall Street Journal
By Holman W. Jenkins, snrOpportunism is obviously at work in the many explanations of Boeing’s safety lapses circulated in the media and social media: Boeing was too preoccupied with diversity goals (says Elon Musk), it was too focused on reducing the clout of organised labour (say supporters of organised labour), it was too focused on shareholder profit (goes the press’s reflexive narrative).That Boeing cared too much about A and not enough about B appeals, especially if you think shareholder returns and safety are inversely relate...

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