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coppercone2:

--- Quote from: frogg on February 23, 2020, 05:12:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on February 23, 2020, 05:03:51 pm ---shoes in a fuel tank? thats like sneakers on a telephone pole its GHETTO. and caterpillar is not a great company either, listen to what old employees have to say about that place.. most people are happy to leave

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RTFA, mate.

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 Materials left behind include tools, rags and boot coverings, according to industry officials familiar with the details...

 Boeing also twice had to halt deliveries of the KC-46A military refueling tanker to the U.S. Air Force after tools and rags were found in planes after they had been delivered from its Everett factory north of Seattle.


Alti:

--- Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on February 23, 2020, 10:28:46 am ---I have spent many days in meetings battling with managers to persuade them their latest brilliant idea will not save time or money in the long run, and will probably make it worse.
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What do you do for a living then? Are you some kind of an owner's representative?
Subordinate by definition must be less competent than a superior.
 :popcorn:
babysitter:

--- Quote from: coppercone2 on February 23, 2020, 05:24:40 pm ---

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<willynelsonvoice>Good old shoe, good old shoe</willynelsonvoice>
Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: Alti on February 23, 2020, 07:17:08 pm ---Subordinate by definition must be less competent than a superior. :popcorn:
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Such youthful optimism!  ;D

I wish it were so.
Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: frogg on February 23, 2020, 04:57:34 pm ---The lead author of that story is someone whose full time job right now is to basically crap on Boeing:

https://muckrack.com/andrew-tangel

Before that, he was a media shill for Caterpillar. Before that, he was working as a beat reporter about the NYC MTA.

Keep in mind that in the first year, 737 MAX's flew 41,797 flights, logged 118,006 flight hours, and flew 6.5M passengers.

Booties notwithstanding, it's good to take journalists with a grain of salt. They always have angle.

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Regardless Boeing does appear to have an issue with cutting corners and agencies trusting the Boeing name too much. It all reminds of some of the NASA disasters.
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