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by bryant 429 days ago
> [Boeing] would sell four businesses from a digital unit to Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm specializing in software. Those include Jeppesen, which provides navigational charts and information to pilots, and ForeFlight, an app that helps plan flights and monitor weather.

I don't imagine any PE company would prioritize opex on quality assurance, so this is yet another hairline crack in the pylons keeping the engines attached to the airline industry.