Neutral: Do You Think The 737 Max Is Finished?

Boeing wants to be agile like the tech sector, so they move fast, break things, and turn their users into beta testers.

Boeing said they’re not doing layoffs, but their supply chain is a big question mark right now. One of their suppliers is in my town, and the news sounds uncertain.

While it’s true they need to make engineering changes, the more important changes are at the management level, who rubber-stamped this in the first place. The culture at Boeing needs to change.

About 18 months ago got on an amazing clean Southwest 737 MAX jet in SFO and the flight attendant came on the intercom and said, “Congratulations everyone this is the first revenue flight for this plane!” I thought to myself, “Oh cool, I’m a test passenger”. In retrospect I think I would have said, “Okay, I’m outta…

First Gear - Well at least all the requisite senior leadership types got their kickass quarterly bonuses when pushing this thing through into production and no one will take that from them. Thats all that matters in the end.

Unless Boeing makes a substantial change to the aircraft (more than a software fix), I believe there will be large flyer backlash.

That’s because it is an econo-car with BMW “styling” grafted on.

It’s not, though. It would be the ugliest car in Kia’s lineup by a fair margin.

It’s also ugly, and arguably not a van. One of the biggest selling point of a van is the convenience of sliding doors which this doesn’t have.

To be fair, all four people who knew this existed at the time bought one.

“Ballers” called it:

You’re a good person for thinking like this.

I was actually in contact with a guy in my area who was trying to do exactly that. We both loved the idea of it, but it also took quite a lot of legal hurdles to get anywhere. Then there was the problem of securing a location and equipment. We were also trying to partner with an employment agency that specifically…

I have this dream of putting together a car charity/ministry. We’d buy old cars on Craigslist, fix them up, then connect with local organizations to get them to people who need a reliable car for a year or two. People getting out of prison, human trafficking victims, struggling single moms, recovering addicts, etc. In…

And Leon’s getting laaaaaaarger.

Looking at its delipidated nature (and inevitable rust in the building) you could just gift it to David Tracy

I’d shove a couple of cots in it, and then register it on Air BnB as an authentic serial killer experience weekend.

You could make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl...