>> the short answer is yes, after 1997 boeing merged with mcdonnell douglas, another large aerospace company. and focused on investors and shareholder return, less on engineering, and in order to keep cost low on the development of their 787 aircraft which came along a few years later and convince the board this new boeing to green light this aircraft they came up with an unprecedented way of building an aircraft, to outsource not just the manufacturing but the design of the parts to dozen and dozen and dozens of companies around the world. boeing was unable to make what in many cases is an unprecedented aircraft in terms of new technology. >> john, you're a former ntsb board member. you saw mark and will's documentary. did it raise ongoing issues for you about the safety of the 787 aircraft or are you looking at this thinking all this was already resolved? >> well, i'm thinking that the issue of drug use, that why haven't -- that we haven't touched yet in the workplace is far more concerning to me than what we have identified so far as quality issues. one of the things that we shoul

it merged with competitor, mcdonnell douglas. two companies with two very different business models. >> the merger was all about transforming our successful culture and business model into the same business model that mcdonnell douglas had used unsuccessfully >> you basically shortchange engineering, you stop doing aggressive new product developments; you run the business for cash. >> the new boeing moved its headquarters from seattle, the only home the company had ever known to chicago. it began slashing investment in research in order to cut costs and maximize wall street returns. >> i felt it was wrong i felt it was going to take the company in the wrong direction and i thought that quality would suffer and the integrity of the product would suffer. >> i feel that that legacy and that history and that competence has been hijacked by a bunch of corporate thugs. >> by 2003 it was time to launch a new plane. but boeing's new board was reluctant to invest the billions needed. >> the board made it clear that they wanted this plane