MBAs, Accounting, Biology, Accounting, Management. . the board is almost entirely non-aerospace background, and largely nontechnical even when it is an aero degree (Sabrina Soussan being the sole exception, and I suspect she's just on the board because of Siemens). Speaking anecdotally, yes, the vast majority of leadership, also nontechnical, with very very very few aerospace backgrounds.
This all tends to flush out the go-getters, and doing good CFD work largely requires go-getters. It's very good at retaining box checkers though, and of course the serially dishonest.
This problem of nontechnical leadership[1] is bigger than Boeing, but that same JackWelchian focus on finance-uber-alles[2] is a real thorn in the side of American industry, or even just "American-Made Stuff".
[1] "I ran a shoe factory. And now I'm in charge" Late stage capitalism has so many echoes of late-stage Soviet industry that it's getting a little creepy.
[2] Again, "if you're good with money, you're good with everything" is a crappy way to make stuff, but our problem is when that matches your ideology you tend to see everything through that same lens. Ironically, this is a mental trick that gets tends to get trained out of you in hard sciences.
This all tends to flush out the go-getters, and doing good CFD work largely requires go-getters. It's very good at retaining box checkers though, and of course the serially dishonest.
This problem of nontechnical leadership[1] is bigger than Boeing, but that same JackWelchian focus on finance-uber-alles[2] is a real thorn in the side of American industry, or even just "American-Made Stuff".
[1] "I ran a shoe factory. And now I'm in charge" Late stage capitalism has so many echoes of late-stage Soviet industry that it's getting a little creepy.
[2] Again, "if you're good with money, you're good with everything" is a crappy way to make stuff, but our problem is when that matches your ideology you tend to see everything through that same lens. Ironically, this is a mental trick that gets tends to get trained out of you in hard sciences.