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Is this accurate? I would hope not, but much of the data says otherwise. When will we see Boeing do something really innovative again? I would love to see it, but it doesn’t seem to be anywhere in the horizon. The comments about milking the legacy cash cows are concerning and ridding itself of its strategic team even more so. We need Boeing to be great on so many levels. Not a great stock buy only, but a great aerospace leader. #boeing #aerospace #industryleaders.

“Take, for example, the tragic crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft a few months apart in 2018 and 2019. A key aviation engineering principle is that safety-critical systems cannot have a single point of failure. Boeing engineers convinced themselves (and the FAA) on paper that the MCAS system, which was found to be the culprit, was not safety-critical. Of course, it turned out to be. This is an engineering error–but more importantly and systemically, it is a failure of culture: The right people should have felt empowered to question the right assumptions at the right time. The recent in-flight loss of a door plug on another Boeing 737 MAX Alaska Airlines flight looks to be a quality process error (although the investigation is ongoing). Most probably. the process itself wasn’t wrong–it just wasn’t followed. Again, culture is almost certainly the culprit. In February, a Congressionally-mandated panel of experts convened in the wake of the earlier MAX crashes released its report on Boeing safety systems. It wrote that “[t]he Expert Panel observed a disconnect between Boeing’s senior management and other members of the organization on safety culture.”

The Boeing 737 Max Crashes: A Critical Reminder of the Importance of Attention to Detail The tragic crashes of the Boeing 737 Max serve as a profound lesson for all industries, not just aviation. These disasters, which claimed hundreds of lives, highlight how even small oversights in engineering, software design, and regulatory processes can have catastrophic consequences. At the heart of the issue was the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), a system designed to improve aircraft safety. Unfortunately, inadequate attention to critical details in the software, pilot training, and communication led to fatal outcomes. In our daily work, whether we're coding, engineering, or managing projects, this tragedy reminds us that attention to detail is not optional—it’s essential. Thoroughness in testing, transparency in decision-making, and constant vigilance in process refinement can prevent minor issues from escalating into major failures. Let's use this lesson to foster a culture of accountability and precision, ensuring that we never underestimate the significance of every detail. For an in-depth understanding of the Boeing 737 Max crashes and how attention to detail played a crucial role in the disaster, you can refer to the following YouTube documentary. https://lnkd.in/gh_a_6UB #AttentionToDetail #EngineeringExcellence #AviationSafety #LeadershipLessons #Boeing737Max --

🔍 Delving into Boeing's 737 MAX Issues: A Comprehensive Exploration Dating Back Over 25 Years 🔍 Embark on a deep dive into the origins and complexities surrounding Boeing's 737 MAX issues with our latest article on Follower Booster Hub. We unravel the intricate history, shedding light on key events spanning more than two decades. From the initial design phase to the challenges faced during production and certification, we provide an in-depth analysis of the factors contributing to this significant aviation saga. Gain valuable insights into the lessons learned and the ongoing efforts to address safety concerns and restore trust in one of the aviation industry's most iconic aircraft families. 📖 Read the full article here: Unraveling Boeing's 737 MAX Issues. https://lnkd.in/djUznbNT Stay informed and engaged as we navigate through the complexities of aviation history and industry dynamics. #Boeing737MAX #AviationSafety #IndustryInsights

Another example of an issue with a Boeing 737 plane. That said, this was the 737-800, and not a Max plane. A little surprising since the 800/900 series were reliable, but a growing trend among Boeing planes. It has become clear how inept and toxic Boeing's management has been to ruin the company's reputation and reliability. In my view this bad management has been going on for 20+ years now. Boeing has had issues with delivering the Dreamliner plane in the early 2010s to stealing documents from Lockheed Martin in the mid-2000s. Boeing's only hope is a complete change at the top with people who think of long-term results, safety, and reliability over short-term profits and shortcuts. https://lnkd.in/gr5yWK-Y

At last, and good riddance. One of the key methods of Asset Management profession originates in aviation: reliability centered maintenance, United Airlines, Nowlan & Heap report (1978). One of the most important insights, 50% of asset failures originate in previous maintenance work, was research done by Boeing (2007). In the last 15 years, the beancounters took over at Boeing and squandered decades of progress in asset reliability and thus company reputation. 737 Max, doors falling off, panel falling off, you name it. Reputation arrives on foot, and leaves on horseback. Boeing has got quite a bit of disaster recovery to do. Hopefully for Boeing, this signals the turnaround for the better.

Well since the world is REALLY interested in the foibles of Boeing and the 737 product line. Perhaps now is a good time to take a history lesson. Regular readers of my musings will know I love reading long form. Well here is a very good article about the plane, the competition with Airbus's A320 and Boeing's decision making. Well worth it if you want to understand the Max issues. https://lnkd.in/gVt8MXqX On the other hand if TikTok is your preference, I fear I cannot help. #Boeing #737max #Airbus #A320 #Narrowbody #Aircraft #Airlines #aviationhistory

It's like Fall of the House of Usher, but with airplanes ✈️😱💥Boeing whistleblower: "we have marginalized the people who build stuff, who really work on these planes." Boeing is—or was—a great company. From its manufacturing plants in Seattle, it produced the world’s most reliable, efficient aircraft. But after merging with McDonnell Douglas, shifting production around the world, and moving its headquarters to Chicago and then Arlington, Virginia, the Boeing Company has been adrift. Then, in October 2018, one of Boeing’s new 737 MAX aircraft crashed. Then, a few months later, another. Recent months have seen embarrassing maintenance failures, including a door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in mid-flight. To help explain what went wrong, a Boeing insider who has direct knowledge of the company’s leadership decisions is interviewed. He tells a story of elite dysfunction, financial abstraction, and a DEI bureaucracy that has poisoned the culture, creating a sense of profound alienation between the people who occupy the executive suite and those who build the airplanes. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Christopher Rufo (journalist): I am hoping you can set the stage. In general terms, what is happening at Boeing? Boeing Insider: At its core, we have a marginalization of the people who build stuff, the people who really work on these planes. In 2018, the first 737 MAX crash that happened, that was an engineering failure. We built a single-point failure in a system that should have no single-point failures. Then a second crash followed. A company cannot survive two crashes from a single aircraft type. Then-CEO Dennis Muilenburg defended the company in front of Congress, defended the engineering, defended the work—and that protected the workforce, but it also prodded the board and stoked public fear, which resulted in a sweeping set of changes that caused huge turnover in talent. So, right now, we have an executive council running the company that is all outsiders. The recent CEO was a General Electric guy, as is the CFO whom he brought in. And we have a completely new HR leader, with no background at Boeing. The head of our commercial-airplanes unit in Seattle, who was fired last week, was one of the last engineers in the executive council. The headquarters in Arlington is empty. Nobody lives there. It is an empty executive suite. The CEO lives in New Hampshire. The CFO lives in Connecticut. The head of HR lives in Orlando. We just instituted a policy that everyone has to come into work five days a week—except the executive council, which can use the private jets to travel to meetings. And that is the story: Boeing is a company that is under "caretakers". It is not under passionate owners anymore. And it is not under people who actually love airplanes. #boeing #aerospace #aviation #manufacturing

Update on the latest Boeing mishap #Boeing