Re: Boeing announces Board and Management Changes

She isn't qualified to manage a Burger King ... https://www.boeing.com/company/bios/stephanie-pope Folks at Boeing probably think that while there is POPE there is HOPE :-) Wow, such esteemed universities… ”…bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southwest Missouri State University and a Master of Bu...

Re: Boeing announces Board and Management Changes

I am going based off what all my managers used to tell me & what I used to hear in hallway conversations when I was at Boeing in the early 2000s. The mess & rot that BCAG finds itself in over the past 24 years started with the MDD leadership (notably Harry Stonecipher). So, to answer your q...

Re: Boeing announces Board and Management Changes

747megatop wrote:

We really need an Alan Mulally and probably Phil Condit (in addition) heading Boeing and BCAG (Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group)

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

The 'Jack Welsh' model is so 1990's. He was the CEO of GE from 1985 to 2001, expanding its financial services sector but eventually destroying the company to a fraction of its peak. Many historical parts of the company are gone, it is mainly today jet engines and health care tech products. He put s...

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

Put the Engineers back in charge and not the money people! Sadly, that ship has sailed. The days of grooming an engineer for the CEO spot ended in 1997. Don't forget, the CEO that made Boeing commercial into what it is today was a lawyer by trade. That would be Bill Allen. Mullinberger started out ...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

The Boeing board of directors and highest leadership positions have been heavily influenced by GE Jim Mcnerney who was Boeing CEO 2005-2015 was from GE Kevin McAllister who was Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO 2017-2019 was from GE Dave Calhoun who is current CEO is from GE David Joyce who is on the...

Re: Dan Gryder convicted for defamation, shall pay 1,000,000 $

Why did Gryder publish these things? - accusing Cook of having an extramarital affair - accusing Cook of lying to the FAA about his health - accusing Cook of selling a defective plane later involved in an accident https://www.globalair.com/articles/aviation-youtuber-ordered-to-pay-1m-in-defamation-...

Re: 50 Years Since the Topping Off of the Sears Tower

But was the Sears Tower a good idea for Sears? There's hardly anything left of the company. 50 years ago they were huge. The face of retail has of course changed dramatically over the years but at the time it made sense to them. I am sure they could not have foreseen the way things developed in tha...

First FX MD-11 parked

The first MD-11 ever built has been retired by FedEx and is now parked at VCV, the flight occurred on May 1. In it's almost thirty year career at FedEx, N601FE accumulated almost 92000 hours of flight time. While in the past FedEx has pulled aircraft out of the desert as needed for operations, with ...

Re: Where do MROs source parts?

Story time. Back in the mid 2000's in an effort to save on fuel American Airlines decided to put low drag tail cones on all their MD-80's. The fleet at the time was a combo of the original DC-9 style and beaver tail style tail cones. AA contacted Boeing about purchasing the newer style. Boeing quote...

Re: Kojak

I remember watching Baretta with my dad when I was little kid. Still can hear the theme song at the start of the show sung by Sammy Davis Jr in my head.

Re: The Fentanyl Crisis

"The Mexican government has acknowledged in the past that fentanyl is produced at labs in Mexico using precursor chemicals imported from China. Fentanyl has been blamed for about 70,000 opioid deaths per year in the United States ." Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem https:...

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

But here is what they cannot hde from. This impending Dominion lawsuit is going to cost them, and their advertisers a lot of money and negative press. There will be no good way to spin that. For the folks that still want to beleive, they will find themselves more and more ostracized from family and...

Re: Journalist Who Broke U.S. Torture at Abu Ghraib Claims U.S. Blew Up Nord Stream

Way to go apologizing for a regime that has killed scores of people such as journalists, used chemical weapons on a foreign city, in the past year in Ukraine as estimated by independent investigations, 1000’s of executions, torture, kidnapping, especially children and that old favorite of theirs, m...

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

The damage is permanent for many, but I do think this dominion lawsuit is undermining fox's ability to control the story for many people. I want to agree with you. However, I don't think its going to have that much of an affect. At least with the average Fox News viewer. Your average Fox News viewe...

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

And McCarthy has committed to "stick with her"... “If you’re going to be in a fight, you want Marjorie in your foxhole,” he told The New York Times. “When she picks a fight, she’s going to fight until the fight’s over. She reminds me of my friends from high school, that we’re going to sti...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

It gets worse, Canada wanted to send Piranha 25, the APC version with the 25mm cannon, (Canada has been unusual in also sending brand new armoured vehicles, including their new 8 wheel one), guess who vetoed the 25mm cannon ammunition. I was wondering why the YPR tracked APC’s sent by the Netherlan...

Re: Trump Organization found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud

You know what's going to come of this? Nothing, he has already proven he's above the law.

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

It gets worse, Canada wanted to send Piranha 25, the APC version with the 25mm cannon, (Canada has been unusual in also sending brand new armoured vehicles, including their new 8 wheel one), guess who vetoed the 25mm cannon ammunition. I was wondering why the YPR tracked APC’s sent by the Netherlan...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

With a Gephard crew; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PWJ97KcnmA Definitely a cool weapon system, and a generous donation from DE. Too bad it relies on Swiss ammo, not sure the problem was understood in advance or not. Laughed about having to reboot the computer if data input was not done correctly...

Re: MAGA Pelosi attack conspiracy theories

What "conspiracy theories" in particular did Rittenhouse subscribe to? He worked in Kenosha and went there because the city was getting destroyed by looters and rioters. The conspiracy theorists were the ones causing the damage because they believed fake stories that Jacob Blake was unarm...

Re: MAGA Pelosi attack conspiracy theories

The attacker was not only from Canada, but here illegally. What I find interesting is that the usual suspects are not hyping up the illegal angle. I'm willing to bet money that if he had been from Mexico and his name ended in ez it would be the lead story on Fox News.

Re: One Texas company is helping to raise rents across the country

A new ProPublica report chronicles how a DFW company, RealPage's YieldStar software, helps landlords raise prices for apartments across the U.S. https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2022/10/18/texas-company-raising-rents https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent Legal e...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

He is a "chess player" in this game of unbelievable consequences. His next move is keeping me up at night. https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/29/2125988/-Why-some-analysts-believe-a-nuclear-strike-by-Russia-isn-t-just-possible-but-likely Nice article to ruin your sleep It's one thing t...

Re: ‘Sanctuary’ cities navigate migrant influx from GOP states

I guess we might know soon what DeSantis does if a large number of Haitians and Cubans land on Key West. "Migrant boat sinks off of Florida during Hurricane Ian 23 missing" Turns out there were 7 survivors and 19 lost at sea" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-ian-23-missing-migr...

Re: ‘Sanctuary’ cities navigate migrant influx from GOP states

Well we can continue to argue but it appears that Haiti is about to really boil over due to food riots and the breakdown of law and order. Hurricane Ian did a number on Cuba. If history is a guide, the boats will be on their way soon. Oh and a couple of thousand homes, trailers, and apartments in F...

Re: ‘Sanctuary’ cities navigate migrant influx from GOP states

No it is not, but its not just the right that are using immigrants as pawns. If you think so, then your eyes are shut. But, the non-political reason behind it is that the southern border communities are at a breaking point with the influx of immigrants that are released into their communities. See ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Military Aviation News and Discussion Thread