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The 1997 merger that paved the way for the Boeing 737 Max crisis

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Late in the summer of 1997, two of the most critical players in global aviation became a single tremendous titan. Boeing, one of the US’s largest and most important companies, acquired its longtime plane manufacturer rival, McDonnell Douglas (qz.com) More...

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spbking
Who outside Boeing "profited" with this merger when it came under Government scrutiny?
bentwing60
bentwing60 0
Anyone in MD senior management! Or board of directors.
spbking
I was thinking more along the lines of those Government employees charged with maintaining competition and preventing monopolies!
bentwing60
bentwing60 2
There you go, thinking 'big bidness' would do the right thing, let alone modern day DC hookers!

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