I worked at Boeing for over 30 years. I witnessed the fallout of outsourcing firsthand.
Douglas Dorsey worked on the shop floor at Boeing as an engineer for over 30 years. He said problems began in the late 1990s ...
Boeing output hit by strikes and safety problems
In September, Boeing suffered another severe blow, when more than 33,000 workers in the US Northwest went on strike. The ...
Boeing Delivered Only 348 Commercial Planes During Challenging 2024
Boeing ended 2024 with 569 gross orders (317 net, 377 before accounting changes), compared to Airbus’ 878 gross orders (826 ...
‘I could see the chaos filtering down’: Former Boeing staffer blows whistle on planemaker’s practices
I wondered what was going on and why we were accepting substandard, incomplete work,’ says Douglas Dorsey, a former ...
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I worked at Boeing for over 30 years. I witnessed the fallout of outsourcing firsthand.
Dorsey worked on the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner, where he said things began to unravel. He reflects on his time on the shop floor and how Boeing plans to repair its reputation. This as-told-to ...