The Pacific Northwest Is on the Decline, and We're Going to Pursue Our Path in the Midwest
In the ninet sthere were some indications that seattle and washington state in general were kind of on the decline. There were relat promise o washington state towards h of the early two thousands, declining industry in general,. population issues, some net outflows. Hostile governments come in, so sa governorships come in. I think that all these can and you see this general idea of the pacific northwest is finished, and we're going to pursue our path in the midwest and back towards theeast coast.
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In 2019, Airbus surpassed for the first time Boeing as the largest aerospace company in the world, as two crashes of Boeing’s 737-Max airplane forced a grounding of the fleet and a halt in sales, eventually costing it $20 billion in associated fines and delays. While Boeing maintains a relatively strong overall safety record as measured by crashes per million departures, the production problems with the 787 Dreamliner in the mid 2010s and the recent 737 debacle has cast some doubt as to the management and engineering practices at the century-old American icon of industry. Tonight we delve into the roots of what made the company as successful as it was, as well as some of the key events that arguably led to its current troubles that date back well into the 1990s and beyond.
