I’m pretty much with you, but the reason the electronics are here to stay is that the horsepower is here to stay. Cars have been faster than evolution could have ever prepared us to go pretty much since the beginning. Now, they’re FAR faster than that. Human reaction speed hasn’t changed.  It is barely sufficient to…

There  are also the national security implications of Boeing failing (or more likely being severely hobbled). This isn’t Chrysler we’re talking about.

Yeah but that was the result of outright deliberate fraud. Being bad or careless at your job isn’t going to rise to that level of punishment.  But he should volunteer to forego whatever severance is in his contract (not holding my breath).

Board directors have long had full protection via directors & officers insurance policies that cover liability for anything other than criminal wrongdoing. That makes a board role something that is taken only as seriously as the director himself makes it. Granted they can be voted out but again absent some sort of…

Phil Condit was an engineer.  He was also a scumbag who had no business being a CEO.  Be careful what you wish for, as you might get a CEO from Wish.com .

Short term profits are all that matter to American corporations - or rather, their biggest shareholders.

“Finding a runway or road that is long and straight enough to safely make a top-speed run is reportedly proving to be an issue”

Agreed. If this situation doesn’t call for a full-on reset, what does?

The board should be shitcanned too.  Look how many CEO’s that board has been through in the past ~10 years.  It’s crazy.

Cars in general might be bad about protecting my data, by my car in specific isn’t.  The only data it has from me is that my old Journey Escape Cassette is tangled.

Yes and no. The justice department can still come after you if they determine you committed any crimes. But typically, yes, leaving the company pretty much washes away the ick.

But only short-term investors will be happy, as the company is run into the ground. A dead company or a severaly decimated company will not make as much money as a healthy company.

I will never get the logic of “Boeing can acquire McDonnell-Douglas because they lost so much value due to mismanagement” leading to “Let’s transplant the McDonnell-Douglas C-Suite into Boeing.”

Maybe the best-case scenario for automakers and consumers is that the growing attention leads more car companies to use stricter data privacy practices as a marketing tool, similar to how Apple differentiates itself from competitors, Hodgson said.

All that matters is that the investors are happy. They don’t care if the company is being run into the ground if dividens are still paying.

PLEASE talk to your representatives about consumer protections and privacy. We have no one to blame but ourselves them. 

Not good enough. They will get other bean counters in who thinks Boeing’s salvation is more cost cutting. Boeing is done for the next couple of decades. It’s too difficult for bean counters to turn around an environment like that. They are completely unable to see QC as an investment. Only short term profits matter,…

If Boeing wants to survive, they need to put one of their top engineers in as CEO. When Boeing ruled the skies, they were led by engineers. Once the financial people took control, the company shit the bed.

Oh I cannot wait to hear the Tea from my Boeing buddies.

Great, can’t wait to see which completely indiscernible corporate dipshit they replace him with. I’m sure he will find some new part of the process of making an airplane to spinoff to an “independent contractor” consisting of former Boeing employees, but now with no oversight and limited QC. He will be lauded as a…