Boing 787 "Dreamliner" maiden flight delayed again

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6-23-2009 @ 3:05PM

Joe said...

I'm sure Airbus is taking note at how Boeing has cut their own throat to please their investors. I think this will go down in the annals of history of how not to outsource. Especially something as complex as a passenger airplane. In the beginning I was truly excited to see the specs and renderings of the 787, but now I simply don't care if it ever gets off the ground. Though I'm sure it will with enough government stimulus checks.

Boeing has taken decades of experience (over half a century) in manufacturing planes and pissed it away by saying, "hey we can save a little bit of money by letting someone else with little or no experience do it". I understand outsourcing and its benefits but I don't understand this at all. I don't know any other company that has outsourced at this level. Banks don't outsource banking, software companies don't outsource their software so why would an airplane manufacturer outsource its core business.

I lay this firmly at the feet of McNerny and his bean counters in Seattle, Chicago, or wherever they hell they decided to move the company.

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