So far, Boeing has lost over half the commercial market share it held 30 years ago. How much more “transformational” do they want to be? Here’s a hint: they moved HQ closer to the Pentagon. How about 0% commercial market share? How’s that for “transformational”?
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Surely you could spin-off the commercial airplane business to an even more aggressive private equity operator and strip more value out of it, a step or two ahead of FAA regulators.
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That is a shame. She chose the marketing term de jour. “Transition”
She is an $jit with nothing trustworthy to add. It is a dumb way to tie into what sells bars of soap. A totally unprofessional slob.
It seems all business degree holders now are required to go to buzzword school. so they can talk like the marketing consultant on the “B Ark”. In Pope’s case, she has been a beancounter at Boeing, for years. She has a BBA in bean counting from Southwest Missouri State, and an MBA from Lindenwood University.
Steve
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In other words, my liberal arts education from UCONN should be compared to her having a little more than a high school diploma.
I would put her pieces of paper into the category of Connecticut 2-year college stuff. Including her stupid MBA.
Yet in public, she would get ridiculous and offer to outrank people with an MBA.
I will double down. She passed very easy tests and forgot it all. By the time she uses buzzwords she is drinking her paycheck in any bar that will let her come back.
Will the last one to leave Seattle please put out the lights!!
And in Missouri, we are proud of both institutions.
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People have a lot of pride in Harvard MBAs but it is like talking to compulsive gamblers who wont discuss the losses.
Lindenwood is a private University in St Charles, MO. If you work for Boeing in St. Louis that is a very convenient place to do an MBA. Many Boeing employees commute from that area. In the McDonnnell Douglas days they were the largest employer in the state.
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The unprofessionalism of using the word “transition” as if major manufacturing processes were selling a flavored chewing gum makes her out to be a simpleton. She does not comprehend her position.
Sophisticated engineering and business reporting require someone of greater consequence.
Stephanie Pope, in her first press conference since taking over the key role at the troubled aircraft manufacturer in March, reiterated that Boeing has committed to increasing production of the Max to 38 a month.
Good to know there will be laser sharp focus on pumping out more planes, whatever it takes. Note her apologies were to airline clients over not delivering, rather than shoddy quality and doors blowing out mid air.
Guess the ‚transformational changes‘ may not extend far enough to review the design of the Max, make adjustments to corporate culture, or even - gasp!! - giving a stronger voice to engineers over glorified beancounters.
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I wish they were accountants. MBAs look at finances. In the process losing all focus on the company.
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