Is the 787 a failure ?

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| Boeing has deployed hundreds of engineers to fix the
| battery-related trouble that grounded the 787.
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| But what about its 10 supposedly independent directors, who
| serve on the board chaired by Chief Executive James
| McNerney?
| ...
| Taken together, it's a cozy board largely of elite
| professional managers and political movers. The risk of
| living in a bubble is significant. There's no shareholder
| activist. No union member. No cantankerous John Smale to
| ask tough questions and demand change. Not one aircraft
| engineer.
| ...
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--bks