d*********e 发帖数: 3835 | 1 The long-delayed boeing 787 is a lesson in the limits of outsourcing. It is
also a preview of the future of air travel.
Nearly seven years ago, when I visited Boeing's cavernous manufacturing site
in Everett, WA, the sight of machinists playing ping-pong in a vast but
idle shop seemed to symbolize the stagnant state of the aviation industry.
Air travel had not recovered from the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001. And Boeing was facing stiff competition: Airbus, its European rival,
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