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Freefall – a New Netflix Documentary about Boeing

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Wednesday, a new documentary about Boeing will drop on Netflix. Their first Netflix documentary about Boeing focused on the 737 MAX crashes, while this one apparently focuses on quality concerns, whistle-blowers, and the Alaska door plug

issues that finally resulted in management changes at the company.

We’ve seen Boeing documentaries before, and they are typically quite critical of the company. Based on the trailer for the new Netflix documentary, you can draw your own conclusions about its nature.

Our View as Outsiders

From our standpoint, two things stand out. First, Boeing did have quality problems in manufacturing. The Alaska flight 1282 incident became the breaking point for the status quo in leadership.   The company took corrective action.  Second, after that incident Boeing is changing for the better.  Kelly Ortberg as CEO is changing both management focus and corporate culture.

Wednesday, a new documentary about Boeing will drop on Netflix. Their first Netflix documentary about Boeing focused on the 737 MAX crashes, while this one apparently focuses on quality concerns, whistle-blowers, and the Alaska door plug issues that finally resulted in management changes at the company.