*For the past 15 years, the government has allowed Boeing to conduct its own inspections related to many manufacturing and safety issues.* Government inspections generally exist for good reasons — reasons of safety. Getting permission to inspect their own work is a favorite route to corrupting the inspection system. It gives businesses a way to […]
Employees at Spirit AeroSystems, a subcontractor that Boeing spun off, accused the company of disregarding high levels of defects. This attitude is common in US businesses, and it makes life painful. We need to change the system that makes it profitable to run businesses with this attitude. Structural reasons why Boeing is doing badly in […]