[hughesjj]

I really wish Boeing defense got spun off, them being under the same leadership is a threat to national security. The infection is only growing as they continue to share leadership.

Could the union elect/nominate new leadership, or are they corrupt these days as well?

[otherme123]

Curiously, the Boeing branch that works for defense comes from the McDonell-Douglas buy: pre-merge Boeing main bussiness was comercial airplanes, MD was focused on military contracts. And arguably, all the current Boeing problems come from that buy/merge.

[hayst4ck]

> I really wish Boeing defense got spun off, them being under the same leadership is a threat to national security.

Don't look at their board of directors unless you want to fully realize the magnitude of what you don't yet realize you're saying!

[dolmen]

https://www.boeing.com/company/general-info/corporate-govern...

[dolmen]

Airbus has the same structure with feets both in civil aviation and the defense industry, like if nobody could make business without those ties.