• kbin_space_program@kbin.run
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    9 months ago

    Shocker that quality took a dive when Boeing stopped using North American labour to build their planes in favour of developing countries.

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      9 months ago

      Lol what? The merger with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation (defense contractor) and continued focus on cheaping out on R&D costs, especially safety related tests, while maximizing investor payouts has way more to do with the quality of their planes than where they’re manufactured.

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      9 months ago

      I imagine you think quality planes are still riveted together by the hand of a team of buxom broads.

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        9 months ago

        No, Quality was when the wing struts were made in Canada with a single, massive CNC mill. Not in a developing country by near-slave labour.

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      9 months ago

      I didn’t think you could have a racist take on Boeing’s sudden drop in quality and yet liberals will always find a way.