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‘I worked at Boeing for over 30 years. I witnessed the fallout of outsourcing firsthand’: manufacturing engineer
Douglas Dorsey worked on the shop floor at Boeing as an engineer for over 30 years. He said problems began in the late 1990s during a merger.
To reduce the time from program launch to when the planes were in service, Boeing would have "risk-sharing partners" deliver complete aircraft sections to the final assembly site. As a result, a plug door malfunctioned, and Boeing's reputation was damaged alongside it, causing the FAA to increase its oversight of 737MAX9 planes' production processes. The lines of communication between two in-house teams are often simpler and more direct than with a supplier.When I was on the 777 program in the 1990s, I would call my counterparts at the Wichita site to resolve issues and exchange information.
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