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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Oh, absolutely. Boeing/MD made bank on that program. Easy to do, though, on a guaranteed contract, otherwise know as a "cost plus" contract. No such thing in the commercial world.
Interesting. I had no idea that was the case. It does kind of serve to clear up the decisions made on the 737 MAX, where Boeing decided to "fix" inherent aero problems with software. Then not tell customers that is what they did, and subsequently sit back and watch three airplanes go in, all the while denying everything.
Again, highly compensated executives made the decisions that lead to all of that. "Heroes" who get all of the accolades (and money) when they "win", but never have to accept responsibility when they "lose". They should be lined up and shot...  |
To your first point, they were bringing down the per plane production cost. $150M, if I recall correctly was the target. I don’t know if they actually reached that.
Totally agree on the last point. My favorite move is when they bring in executives from another division to run the program for a short period of time. They make decisions to benefit their IC then move on to something else before the program feels the impact of their management.