re: Brutal article about Boeing

Have done a few projects with Boeing long ago that were interesting and well executed. Was curious about the latest mishap after so many issues with the Max, so looked this up.

Both the CEO and COO come from the financial / accounting side off the business. In other words, Boeing's senior most executives are not aviators. There are plenty of well qualified aviator MBA's that understand the massive complexity of aviation manufacturing as well as the economics.

Boeing's two key executives are bean counters.

Every company needs bean counters and I respect them. Running a technology company though IMO requires a grounded understanding of the underlying engineering.

Look at any large O&G company and you'll find very few CEO's that didn't come up through the engineering ranks, starting in the field learning how things really work.

Boeing has lost their way, and need to take a hard look at how they operate their business at the executive level.