I would add here that the destruction of Boeing's safety-first culture is a prime example of the sociopathic nature of neoliberal economics, in which the highest profits possible are the only consideration, and the safety, health or well-being of the customers is not a consideration if it interferes with those high profits..... What the …
I would add here that the destruction of Boeing's safety-first culture is a prime example of the sociopathic nature of neoliberal economics, in which the highest profits possible are the only consideration, and the safety, health or well-being of the customers is not a consideration if it interferes with those high profits..... What the MBA idiots/criminals never realized was that they had a moral obligation to their customers and a fiduciary obligation to the company to provide a safe and useful product - this seems not to have been a primary objective of any of the past 30 years of senior management at Boeing. Their mindless quest for profits has killed hundreds of people, tanked the company's stock AND its reputation, and threatened the very future of the company itself. The only thing that might keep Boeing in the aircraft-building game is that Airbus cannot increase production enough to meet the demand for new airliners. But Boeing must be brought to heel so that airlines and customers (us, the flying public) can trust that the planes they build will stay in the air and not try to kill us. That seems to be a reasonable request.....
I would add here that the destruction of Boeing's safety-first culture is a prime example of the sociopathic nature of neoliberal economics, in which the highest profits possible are the only consideration, and the safety, health or well-being of the customers is not a consideration if it interferes with those high profits..... What the MBA idiots/criminals never realized was that they had a moral obligation to their customers and a fiduciary obligation to the company to provide a safe and useful product - this seems not to have been a primary objective of any of the past 30 years of senior management at Boeing. Their mindless quest for profits has killed hundreds of people, tanked the company's stock AND its reputation, and threatened the very future of the company itself. The only thing that might keep Boeing in the aircraft-building game is that Airbus cannot increase production enough to meet the demand for new airliners. But Boeing must be brought to heel so that airlines and customers (us, the flying public) can trust that the planes they build will stay in the air and not try to kill us. That seems to be a reasonable request.....