Boeing hasn't been tending to their knitting for a long time, and the chickens are coming home to roost. It used to be "Over budget, and they yell at you - Bust a schedule and you get fired." Now, busting schedule is de rigueur. Accepted. Failure is accepted. It permeates their language and their mindset. Now, we don't even provide a schedule. We don't want to get nailed down by the media, and our customers. We talk in nebulosity's - in terms of "assessments", and vague dates given in calendar quarters - even years! "We deeply regret the impact these delays will have on our customers,....." We are unable to manage our programs.
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