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Boeing discovered another problem in some of its 737 fuselages that may delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft in the latest quality gaffe to plague the manufacturer.

Improperly drilled holes were discovered by Spirit AeroSystems, a major supplier that provides Boeing with fuselages, according to a letter from Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing's commercial airplanes division.

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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68201371

Emirates, with $52b~ in jet orders pending, is sending engineers to monitor Boeing's production lines like they're toddlers. It's openly stated as the last chance Boeing gets. Hopefully Boeing imploding lowers property values in Washington. Seattle is such a pretty area and I'd love to live there.

[-] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

The tech companies seem to have a lot more to do with the high price.

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Maybe multiple 737s will crash into the HQs of Amazon and Microsoft, instantly slicing a trillion of market cap between the 3 companies

[-] footfaults@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

Modern business practices destroyed what used to be an American prestige company.

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

And all the decision makers are still making bank and will never see any consequences for their actions. The US in the future will just be 10,000 billionaires moving peasants around like units in an RTS and when thousands get slaughtered by unsafe machines in factories or an ammonium storage building just explodes, that's life.

[-] footfaults@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Time to work on those voice lines from the workers from Age of Empires II

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

if it's boeing i ain't going

[-] TimeTravel_0@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

man I dont think we're ever gonna stop hearing about the 737, might as well just nationalize boeing at this point so that maybe the next plane doesn't spontaneously combust because they decided it would save 20$ per fuselage to use self-igniting sealant around the door frames or some shit like that.

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

I saw a website for booking flights the other day whose whole thing was being able to filter out flights on 737s lol

[-] btfod@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Free market got this one alp stitched up, take that tankies

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

Listen Jack, this isn't communist China

[-] TimeTravel_0@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

:xi-gun-1::xi-gun-2::joever:

:reach-left: 🏭

all your heavy industty are belong to us, joe

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Un-fun fact: Boeing is primarily a military materials company.

Boeing is more likely to get bailed out and have money thrown at them than nationalized. That's how we do business in the US of A.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

Business as usual porky-happy

[-] LarsAdultsen@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

How's the regulatory capture going USA?

yea

[-] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

Boeing sold Spirit AeroSystems to an investment firm 8 years after the merger, now the repercussions hit.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

bazinga We replaced the engineers with accountants. young-sheldon to ensure to-the-moon line goes up.

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