Boeing’s #1 problem is not that they lack a culture of accountability.

It’s that they *hate unions* and *hate criticism.* So many of Boeing's major actions in the last 20, even 30 years have had to do with their attempts to break unions and escape political pressure in Washington State. The payoff is pressing workers without enough training, denigrating and overruling the work of union employees, and outsourcing work to avoid increasing union employment. This has cost them $10s of billions.

@glennf Isn't it mostly cost to taxpayers? Isn't most of their business now govt/military, where cost plus is built into the contracts (space capsule a rare exception)?
@dangillmor @glennf they are 50/50 but many firm fixed-price contracts. Some have been $ losers. Boeing is following the WGI playbook - win the business by losing your shirt.