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What Boeing did to itself is one of the saddest and most instructive stories in American business history. Regression to the mean (remarkably, without any competition) when it could very easily have remained alone at the top. Boeing lost a one-horse race.

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Exactly. It was literally managed into the ground.

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And that's not what one wants in an aircraft.

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ItтАЩs why IтАЩm reluctant to fly anymore. Wish they didnтАЩt have so many govтАЩt contracts. Sort of makes them to big to fail, when oversight could make failure not an option.

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Same here...I'm wondering if I really want to fly to Reykjavik on one of Icelandair's Boeing jets. (757-200 series). I haven't read anything bad about any of them...but you gotta wonder and after reading this article...yikes!

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757-200 was designed and built during the 'good times."

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Thanks Tom....somehow I knew you would know more about that model than I could find out!

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Desperately needed news.

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