Every big country will have its own "national player" enterprise, just like Huawei is to China, Volkswagen is to Germany, and which company is the national player in the United States?
I believe this is a very controversial issue, after all, American technology companies are well-known all over the world, such as Mate, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Intel, ......Any family seems to be able to afford this title.
But I want to say that only "Boeing" can afford this unique honor. No matter how the United States changes, in the eyes of the White House, Boeing will always be its own son.
This is not the author's words, everyone in the United States thinks so. Robin, the former chief economic adviser to Clinton, once said: Boeing is a company that I will thoroughly support, and this is the only area where the United States has a 'national enterprise', so you must fully support it. The Washington Post has also previously pointed out in a report that in the face of competition between companies in the market, the United States has always taken a neutral attitude, except for Boeing.
It is such a company, which is regarded as the pride of the country by the United States, but recently fell into a "collapse crisis" again.
The cause was that on January 5, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 of Alaska Airlines exploded after takeoff, blowing up a window and part of the fuselage, causing a large hole, and then the pilot made an emergency landing. Although there were no people, the 174 passengers really experienced the feeling of "death is coming".
Immediately after the incident, the United States grounded 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, and non-American airlines also followed up and grounded the aircraft for inspection.
As of now, Boeing's share price has fallen by nearly 1 10, converted into RMB, and the market value has evaporated by nearly 100 billion yuan!According to this momentum, the company's stock price will continue to fall, but I don't know if its "White House Dad" dares to directly come forward to save the market.
In fact, this incident blew up the deepest pain in the heart of the United States!Instead of making Boeing greater, years of special care have turned it into a spoiled "little child". As a monopolist in the global large aircraft manufacturing market, it is unbelievable that Boeing's products frequently have potential safety hazards and accidents.
But the United States is already deeply involved and cannot ignore Boeing, and once Boeing dies, the myth of the United States will be shattered.
Why?
First, global freight by sea, passenger transport by air is the basic status quo, especially transnational aviation business, is the most important way to achieve the flow of people between countries. Although the global direct manufacturing market for large commercial aircraft is only about $300 billion, the global air passenger market is a staggering 35 trillion dollars!
All commercial large aircraft are basically provided by Boeing and Airbus in Europe, that is to say, by mastering the monopoly advantage of large aircraft manufacturing, the United States actually controls the global air transport market, which provides hard power support for the United States' "one thing to say" status.
Second, if Boeing collapses, the US national defense will be blown out of a big hole!Boeing is not just a civil aircraft manufacturer, it is also the world's second-largest manufacturer and one of the most relied on defense contractors by the United States. A series of well-known military models such as the "Hornet" fighter, the large transport aircraft C-17, and the armed Apache are all Boeing's products.
Just imagine, once Boeing falls, who will develop advanced military aircraft for the US military in the future?What's more, if Boeing falls, all Boeing equipment in active service in the US military will directly become "disposables", and it will be over when it runs out.
These are the weakness of the United States, and Boeing itself is relatively good at getting things done, and the explicit and unspoken rules of the "political game" are called a clear door.
According to statistics, in 2018 alone, the company spent $15.1 million and hired more than 100 lobbyists to lobby the White House and Congress. In the 2017-2018 biennium, Boeing ranked eighth in the nation in donating money to political candidates, and 329 current members of Congress have benefited from Boeing.
As the saying goes, "Take other people's hands short, eat other people's soft mouths", these American politicians who have accepted Boeing's donations can't say good things about Boeing?Moreover, this is also in line with the slogan of "political correctness" in the United States.
But in the author's opinion, Boeing cannot get rid of the fate of decay, just like General Motors in the United States. It is true that the aviation industry is a manufacturing industry that can achieve a monopoly by relying on technology, but is such a monopoly sustainable?
China's C919 airliner has now been launched, which is the first shot fired at Boeing's demise!Today's global manufacturing center is in China, China's huge total and rich manufacturing industry chain is not available in the United States, after the domestic large aircraft completely break through the technical barriers, our industrial system will provide us with more efficient production capacity and lower costs.
Just look at Tesla, where the Shanghai Gigafactory contributes 40% of the company's output, effectively reducing Tesla's production costs. Just imagine, when the day comes when China establishes a large aircraft super factory, what will Boeing use to compete with China?
At that time, Boeing may only be able to rely on the military orders of the United States to survive!In the field of global commercial aircraft manufacturing, the future still depends on the ...... made in China
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