Outsourcing of almost all of the components, DEI, moving the headquarters to Chicago and losing most of the Seattle work force who made it what it was, and worrying about the stock holder equity rather than safety and quality is what got Boeing in the mess it is in today...
Massive consolidation has led to no competition.
There used to be hundreds--even thousands of companies involved in the building of civil in this country. After all the buyouts and consolidations Boeing is the only big one left. Their only competition is Airbus.
Same happened with the airlines themselves.
