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BennyBeaver
BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
Would be chinteresting to get your take on the 737 Max fiasco and potential fallout.

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  • BearsWiin
    BearsWiin Member Posts: 5,072
    I considered buying Boeing stock in 1994, but didn't

  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,792 Swaye's Wigwam
    I have stock in BA- bought it at 83 - with all the scandal it went down $4.87 today to $371. I know the workers at Boeing are great and the management sucks. The bigger fiasco was the tanker which should have gone to Airbus. Mike Sears (St. Louis military side) screwed that one up big time.
    I really feel that the military side of Boeing has screwed it up the most.

    I have worked in aerospace and tried to stay away from the military side of things as much as possible. That has to do with the DoD having a file a couple inches thick on me. At one time the DoD told me a couple places I lived that I had forgot about. Long story for another day.
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662

    LebamDawg said:

    I have stock in BA- bought it at 83 - with all the scandal it went down $4.87 today to $371. I know the workers at Boeing are great and the management sucks. The bigger fiasco was the tanker which should have gone to Airbus. Mike Sears (St. Louis military side) screwed that one up big time.
    I really feel that the military side of Boeing has screwed it up the most.

    I have worked in aerospace and tried to stay away from the military side of things as much as possible. That has to do with the DoD having a file a couple inches thick on me. At one time the DoD told me a couple places I lived that I had forgot about. Long story for another day.

    The Boeing workers I know wouldn’t hurt a fly.

    That said, they fit in well working at a massive company that is almost as inefficient as the government and can skate by doing the minimum.
    Hoes gonna hoe
  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 27,216

    LebamDawg said:

    I have stock in BA- bought it at 83 - with all the scandal it went down $4.87 today to $371. I know the workers at Boeing are great and the management sucks. The bigger fiasco was the tanker which should have gone to Airbus. Mike Sears (St. Louis military side) screwed that one up big time.
    I really feel that the military side of Boeing has screwed it up the most.

    I have worked in aerospace and tried to stay away from the military side of things as much as possible. That has to do with the DoD having a file a couple inches thick on me. At one time the DoD told me a couple places I lived that I had forgot about. Long story for another day.

    The Boeing workers I know wouldn’t hurt a fly.

    That said, they fit in well working at a massive company that is almost as inefficient as the government and can skate by doing the minimum.
    Elon Musk needs to have Space X start competing with Boeing and Airbus for commercial flight
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662

    LebamDawg said:

    I have stock in BA- bought it at 83 - with all the scandal it went down $4.87 today to $371. I know the workers at Boeing are great and the management sucks. The bigger fiasco was the tanker which should have gone to Airbus. Mike Sears (St. Louis military side) screwed that one up big time.
    I really feel that the military side of Boeing has screwed it up the most.

    I have worked in aerospace and tried to stay away from the military side of things as much as possible. That has to do with the DoD having a file a couple inches thick on me. At one time the DoD told me a couple places I lived that I had forgot about. Long story for another day.

    The Boeing workers I know wouldn’t hurt a fly.

    That said, they fit in well working at a massive company that is almost as inefficient as the government and can skate by doing the minimum.
    Elon Musk is a bald fag with hairplugs
  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,792 Swaye's Wigwam


    The Boeing workers I know wouldn’t hurt a fly.

    That said, they fit in well working at a massive company that is almost as inefficient as the government and can skate by doing the minimum.

    the usual 80/20 rule applies at almost any company I have been associated with - 30-40 percent should be laid off

    and Boeing is as inefficient as the gov. Most large companies are
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,474 Founders Club
    dflea said:

    I like airplanes that don't crash.

    This and only this.
  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,273
    Surprised this bored isn't lining up to give fiery death hot taeks

    Airplanes are built by spreadsheet cost-benefit analyses now. Using software overrides to overcome a hardware problem always carries higher risk than just fixing the hardware problem.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    edited May 2019
    dflea said:

    I like airplanes that don't crash.

    @OZONE


  • Dude61
    Dude61 Member Posts: 1,254
    edited May 2019
    Boeing executives don't fly third world airlines. You shouldn't either.
  • jecornel
    jecornel Member Posts: 9,737
    I prefer hydraulic over fly by wire. Boeing, get your shit together.

    Maybe don't attempt rushing a plane or overlooking shit. The fallout way worse.

  • 89ute
    89ute Member Posts: 2,486
    edited May 2019

    Would be chinteresting to get your take on the 737 Max fiasco and potential fallout.

    I like the stock. Given the amount of negative news you'd think the stock would be in the toilet. Not so much. Before the Ethiopian plane jockey crashed his shit because he can't read an owners manuel, the stock was also holding up well against steel and aluminum tariffs. I'm still in profit territory with this one and I think it will shoot back up to it's March high of 440 in no time. Boeing has been through hell recently but the stock has held up well.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,835 Standard Supporter

    Would be chinteresting to get your take on the 737 Max fiasco and potential fallout.

    Having family and friends that are commercial pilots they say it's the pilots not the plane.

    Third worlders fly with the bare minimum in training and logged hours. That's why they went down. They simply didn't know the systems.
  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 27,216
    Sledog said:

    Would be chinteresting to get your take on the 737 Max fiasco and potential fallout.

    Having family and friends that are commercial pilots they say it's the pilots not the plane.

    Third worlders fly with the bare minimum in training and logged hours. That's why they went down. They simply didn't know the systems.
    I thought that at first, but Ethiopian Airlines is actually solid and has a stellar safety record, apparently.

  • Dude61
    Dude61 Member Posts: 1,254

    Sledog said:

    Would be chinteresting to get your take on the 737 Max fiasco and potential fallout.

    Having family and friends that are commercial pilots they say it's the pilots not the plane.

    Third worlders fly with the bare minimum in training and logged hours. That's why they went down. They simply didn't know the systems.
    I thought that at first, but Ethiopian Airlines is actually solid and has a stellar safety record, apparently.

    The MCAS sensor was disabled due to a bird strike. From there, pilot error drove the plane into the ground.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,116 Standard Supporter
    Dude61 said:

    Boeing executives don't fly third world airlines. You shouldn't either.

    Third world airlines flight attendants are hot as fuck....

    And do butt stuff.

    Risk/reward.