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Boeing | What Went Wrong? | 5

2024/9/10
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琳赛·格拉姆:本集探讨了波音737 MAX坠机事件,波音公司因此认罪并支付巨额罚款,引发了人们对公司安全性和未来发展的质疑。事件造成了巨大的生命损失和安全隐患,也让波音公司声誉受损。 斯科特·汉密尔顿:波音公司从一家小型飞机制造商发展成为全球领先的商用飞机制造商,其成功与B-17和B-29轰炸机,以及707型客机的成功密切相关。然而,空客公司的崛起给波音公司带来了巨大的竞争压力。为了应对竞争,波音公司在股东价值至上的理念下,选择对737飞机进行改进而非全新设计,并过度依赖外包,导致787梦想飞机项目出现重大问题。737 MAX飞机的MCAS系统存在缺陷,是导致两起坠机事故的主要原因。波音公司在事故发生后,未能及时采取行动,并试图误导联邦航空管理局,最终导致公司认罪并支付巨额罚款。尽管波音公司对737 MAX飞机进行了修复,但其生产质量问题依然存在,需要很长时间才能恢复公众信任。 斯科特·汉密尔顿:波音公司在737 MAX事件中暴露出的问题,包括对股东价值的过度追求,导致公司在安全和质量控制方面做出妥协。这反映出公司内部文化和管理方面的问题。此外,波音公司与监管机构的关系也值得关注。在737 MAX事件中,波音公司试图误导联邦航空管理局,这反映出公司在安全监管方面存在问题。 琳赛·格拉姆:空客公司的崛起对波音公司造成了巨大的竞争压力,迫使波音公司在737 MAX的研发过程中做出了一些不当的决策。这反映出激烈的市场竞争对企业安全和质量控制的影响。

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Boeing's journey from a leading aircraft manufacturer to facing serious competition from Airbus, leading to the development of the 737 MAX with design flaws that caused fatal crashes.
  • Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government.
  • The company agreed to pay a nearly half-billion-dollar fine and spend additional funds on safety programs.

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Launched in 1916, Boeing grew into the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft. Then Airbus came along, and Boeing had serious competition. In response, Boeing released a new plane, the 737 MAX, but design flaws led to two crashes and 346 deaths. Today, aviation industry consultant Scott Hamilton joins Lindsay to try to answer the question: how did Boeing get here? Hamilton is the author of Air Wars:*** ***The Global Combat Between Airbus and Boeing. )

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