This makes it sound like US companies were better than foreign countries just because they are american.
Me, I feel slightly insulted by that. Just look at american cars. I kid.
There is nothing wrong with patriotism and there is nothing wrong with outsourcing, if both is done with due diligence and proper planning. But there is no way one company is any better than any other company just because it is registered in a different country. The 787 did not have problems because of outsourcing, it has problems because of bad planning--at the all-american Boing HQ itself.
You're only insulted because you misread outsourcing to mean offshoring. Boeing farmed work out to other companies, and it bit them. The fact that some of those companies were based in other countries is not a point mentioned as a contributing factor.
Me, I feel slightly insulted by that. Just look at american cars. I kid.
There is nothing wrong with patriotism and there is nothing wrong with outsourcing, if both is done with due diligence and proper planning. But there is no way one company is any better than any other company just because it is registered in a different country. The 787 did not have problems because of outsourcing, it has problems because of bad planning--at the all-american Boing HQ itself.