2262. How to Waste Money While Trying to Save Money Or Downsizing Mass Properties and Then Failing the Flight Test

Publication TypeConference Paper
AuthorsBoynton, R.
Year of Publication1995
Paper Number2262
Conference54th Annual Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, May 22-24
Conference LocationHuntsville, Alabama
Paper Category16. WEIGHT ENGINEERING - ORGANIZATION
Pages6
Date Published5/22/95
Price$7.00
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Key Words16. WEIGHT ENGINEERING - ORGANIZATION
AbstractDick Boynton sounds off about the systematic destruction of many mass properties departments in the aerospace industry. He gives some recommendations to the management of aerospace companies, which he respectfully hopes they will consider. Although this article is written in his usual blunt, tactless, shoot-from-the-hip style that leaves no prisoners, he is deadly serious about the implications of the current downsizing trend: the day may soon come when the mass properties departments in many companies no longer exist.