The recent Alaska Airlines near disaster when a chunk of a 737 MAX fuselage became dislodged at 16,000 ft. was decades in the making. One must be awfully naïve to believe that Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and the FAA have the determination and resolve to turn around what was once America’s most celebrated company.
It was never a question as to whether a Boeing 737 MAX 9 would have a disastrous calamity but rather when. So repeatedly warned an employee at the supplier plant that manufactures the fuselages for the aircraft, according to a lawsuit filed last year.
The warnings earned the employee a temporary demotion.
It’s a wonder how anyone can have confidence in the U.S. government and the leadership of major corporations and universities these days. The institutions that Americans long have trusted and took pride in are fast declining.
The appointment of Harvard President Claudine Gay and the university’s disgraceful mismanagement of allegations that she repeatedly plagiarized the works of other scholars makes a lot more sense when one understands the controversial business and political background of Penny Pritzker, who is ultimately responsible for the unfolding debacle.
If Ford CEO Jim Farley’s movements seem labored these days, it’s because he’s reeling from a potentially devastating blow GM CEO Mary Barra has dealt to his EV aspirations.
UAW’s labor unrest has morphed into a political movement reminiscent of the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020. Ford Motor Co, which is closely aligned with the Biden Administration, has already taken a knee.
If Donald Trump makes good on his plans to visit Detroit next week to schmooze striking auto workers, he will be facing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ formidable UAW surrogates and Ford Motor Co., a corporation that openly supports keeping him out of office.
If I was a member of America’s rarefied CEO club, the UAW strike would have me awfully worried.
Susanna Gibson, the nurse practitioner who is running for a Virginia House seat, does her state’s slogan proud.
The media mistakenly believes that Tesla is a one-person Elon Musk show. Meet the woman without whom Tesla wouldn’t have achieved its considerable success in recent years.