The Wall Street Journal

Boeing’s troubles are America’s troubles

Boeing’s troubles are America’s troubles
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The Wall Street Journal
By Holman W Jenkins JrI was talking to Joe Sutter, the legendary Boeing 747 designer, not long after a Northwest DC-9 crashed on takeoff in Detroit in 1987, killing everyone aboard except a 4-year-old girl.We were batting around the results of airline deregulation, then less than a decade old. Like many veteran hands, he was disconcerted by the chaotic bankruptcies, strange new startups, and bargain-hunting masses crowding the airways. “Pigged out” was his description of the Northwest jet – every seat filled, packed to th...

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