more to the point: fuck the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Oh, fuck them both, sure, but Boeing died a long time ago. It’s just McDD wearing Boeing like a horrific skin suit.

2019: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/how-boeing-lost-its-bearings/602188/

2020: https://qz.com/1776080/how-the-mcdonnell-douglas-boeing-merger-led-to-the-737-max-crisis

2024: https://finshots.in/archive/did-a-1997-merger-ruin-boeing/

2024: https://www.newsweek.com/merger-that-brought-boeing-low-opinion-1867937