Ken Thompson in the most recent Sharp Tech podcast also talked about the management style of Boeing after their merger with McDonnell Douglas. They mentioned that when Boeing's HQ was still in Chicago, their CEO boasted that the HQ was thousands miles away from Seattle so that the management didn't have to get involved in day-to-day operations. This is just staggering how arrogant Boeing's the executives could be. Contrasting this with how old Boeing worked, how old Lockheed worked, how Elon Musk worked. No wonder Boeing has been in decline. It's just sad that so many talented engineers are stuck in this monopoly, when they could've leave the company and build something groundbreaking. For that matter, I feel extremely lucky that the IT industry have had a bustling culture of startups, so corrupted companies can die and new companies can innovate. I also feel extremely sad that how aviation industry has become complacent and ossified. I also worry that the US's industries are going the British way, as how British government forced their auto industry to consolidate many years ago, ending up destroying their the entire auto industry.