▲ 439 ▼ Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rem26_art@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yaya. I feel like a pretty dramatic shift in how Boeing designs, builds, and signs off on things really has to come from the top first permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard that the board of directors got rid of a lot of the old executive team, that was made up of people that had worked as engineers and knew how to build an airplane, and brought in people that instead knew how to maximize profit and reduce costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tale as old as Jack Welch’s first day at GE permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) GE builds bombs, Boeing builds planes that could plow into the ground... either way, they're trying to kill people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, but GE, under the leadership of Jack Welch was the pioneer of the “shareholder profits are the only thing that matters” brand of capitalism in the post WWII era. Prior to Welch GE and most American companies during that time were prioritizing what their company produced, attempted to innovate, and treated their workers with some dignity. Certainly not perfect as foreign exploitation was a major leg propping it up but a far cry from where we are today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard that the board of directors got rid of a lot of the old executive team, that was made up of people that had worked as engineers and knew how to build an airplane, and brought in people that instead knew how to maximize profit and reduce costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tale as old as Jack Welch’s first day at GE permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) GE builds bombs, Boeing builds planes that could plow into the ground... either way, they're trying to kill people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, but GE, under the leadership of Jack Welch was the pioneer of the “shareholder profits are the only thing that matters” brand of capitalism in the post WWII era. Prior to Welch GE and most American companies during that time were prioritizing what their company produced, attempted to innovate, and treated their workers with some dignity. Certainly not perfect as foreign exploitation was a major leg propping it up but a far cry from where we are today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tale as old as Jack Welch’s first day at GE permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) GE builds bombs, Boeing builds planes that could plow into the ground... either way, they're trying to kill people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, but GE, under the leadership of Jack Welch was the pioneer of the “shareholder profits are the only thing that matters” brand of capitalism in the post WWII era. Prior to Welch GE and most American companies during that time were prioritizing what their company produced, attempted to innovate, and treated their workers with some dignity. Certainly not perfect as foreign exploitation was a major leg propping it up but a far cry from where we are today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) GE builds bombs, Boeing builds planes that could plow into the ground... either way, they're trying to kill people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, but GE, under the leadership of Jack Welch was the pioneer of the “shareholder profits are the only thing that matters” brand of capitalism in the post WWII era. Prior to Welch GE and most American companies during that time were prioritizing what their company produced, attempted to innovate, and treated their workers with some dignity. Certainly not perfect as foreign exploitation was a major leg propping it up but a far cry from where we are today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, but GE, under the leadership of Jack Welch was the pioneer of the “shareholder profits are the only thing that matters” brand of capitalism in the post WWII era. Prior to Welch GE and most American companies during that time were prioritizing what their company produced, attempted to innovate, and treated their workers with some dignity. Certainly not perfect as foreign exploitation was a major leg propping it up but a far cry from where we are today. permalink fedilink source parent