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the sales team would sell planes for delivery four years out at prices the company couldn’t yet hit from an engineering standpoint—creating immense pressure to drive down costs. “How long do you want to keep polishing that apple?” was a phrase the Boeing managers sometimes used with engineers who wanted to keep testing. The message: the product is fine, let’s keep things moving.
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
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