I no longer work at Boeing, but I have several recent years of painful experience working for this company... and I do believe I know what's wrong.

There is an old saying that if you aren't willing to accurately identify a problem, you will keep correcting the wrong ones. In my opinion, Boeing senior management loves to misidentify the problem and doesn't know enough about high-tech and modern organizational advancements to successfully apply the latest software-controlled methods of work. All senior management wants to do is keep as many people employed for as long as possible - without disrupting employees who mostly work in a vacuum. That's no business strategy! That's a strategy for disaster.

If Boeing management was serious about the company's survival, it would apply the same advanced software systems high-tech companies depend on to manage their teams. They would then hire one system manager for every 10 teams to oversee this software. I believe 10 percent of the Boeing workforce would be unwilling to learn how to use this software, they would be willing to leave the company on their own accord or with a small parachute payment. No layoffs would be necessary. Layoffs should never be necessary..... applying "CHANGE" will naturally cull the herd and you would be left with a workforce willing to change.