Preferences

You mean mcdonnell douglass. Who went "we both know who's on top here" when they merged, immediately put all of its own people in positions of power, and then effectively destroyed boeing from the inside out in order to maximize shareholder value, until only their name was left and some 350 people were in literal body bags.

I agree that the bean counters from McDonnell Douglas played a big role in Boeing's decline. but it's important to remember that the merger was a negotiated one, not a hostile takeover. Still, it's sad to see how many once-great engineering companies - like DEC, HP, SUN - have been brought down by poor leadership.

This item has no comments currently.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Story Lists

j
Next story
k
Previous story
Shift+j
Last story
Shift+k
First story
o Enter
Go to story URL
c
Go to comments
u
Go to author

Navigation

Shift+t
Go to top stories
Shift+n
Go to new stories
Shift+b
Go to best stories
Shift+a
Go to Ask HN
Shift+s
Go to Show HN

Miscellaneous

?
Show this modal