Chapter 1116

McDonnell Douglas merged McDonnell Douglas, which made many airlines breathe a sigh of relief, but it brought a greater crisis.

"You know, before the merger, Douglas company had always been in the leading position in Eagle country and the global civil aircraft market, so it was not convinced of McDonald's company. After the establishment of McDonnell Douglas company, the two companies have not really integrated. The company is still divided into two places. McDonnell Douglas company is headquartered in St. Louis and Douglas company is in Long Beach, California, and the company has always been It is also two sets of leading groups with two legs. Therefore, this led to various crises soon after the merger of McDonnell Douglas. I believe you are well aware of this. "

Everyone present may not be able to do anything else, but when it comes to such political and administrative means, everyone is an old hand.

It's hard for the two families to really integrate.

"At the same time, the senior management of the company also lacks the understanding of the market. In the market economy, if they do not know the market, the outcome is terrible." Qin Guan continued to analyze.

"The marketing of commercial aircraft is totally different from that of military aircraft. Military aircraft mainly face military contracts. As long as they get the contract, the funds will be guaranteed and there will be sufficient cash flow, and it is difficult for other competitors to intervene. The sales of civil aircraft face an ever-changing market, and several manufacturers will compete fiercely around a transaction at any time. These two different ideas have led to a great contradiction between the senior leaders of McDonnell Douglas. "

If we can't agree on management, it will certainly lead to contradictions, and the contradictions of the top leaders of the company will drag the company down sooner or later.

"Especially recently, I don't know whether you know that the eagle industry has launched a total quality management campaign, especially in the Eagle Aviation Industry, which is a revolution. A core idea of this reform is to emphasize collaborative work."

Those present did not know about so many foreigners. At the same time, they all admired Qin Guan. Qin Guan has been abroad all year round. He knows so many foreign events.

"Now, McDonald Jr., President of Dow, requires all leaders working in Douglas, including vice presidents, to reapply for positions and conduct a comprehensive review within the scope of leaders at all levels."

When talking about this, Qin Guan paused for a moment to make you understand. As an old hand in the workplace, of course, you know what to do.

If you don't replace the top management of the company with your own people, it is bound to exacerbate the confusion. However, military aircraft are different from commercial aircraft. If you transfer the personnel of military aircraft to commercial aircraft, the management of the company will be even more chaotic.

In other words, McDonnell Douglas now looks strong, but in fact, it's a mess inside. Is it guaranteed to cooperate with such a company?

"I don't know whether the people who come to lobby us for the McDonnell Douglas 82 project are from McDonald's company or the original Douglas company. If there are new people in this campaign, the project may have to go again?"

Qin Guan will not give them any suggestions, but I hope they can figure out whether it is reliable or unreliable to cooperate with such a company?

"This is about management. In addition to this, there is another important issue, which is the design of the passenger plane." Qin Guan said: "this is the dispute between two engines and three engines of the passenger plane."

You are all brains in the civil aviation system. What is the future development direction? Qin Guan looked at the leaders present: "everyone, let me ask a question. In the future, will two or three engines become the mainstream of regional airliners?"

"Three engines, of course." a leader said, "we are also using the Douglas airliner. It must be the mainstream."

"The current mainstream does not represent the future mainstream. I'd better introduce it to you," Qin Guan said.

"This has to start from ten years ago. Not long after the Boeing 747 was put into service, its huge passenger capacity has become a major selling point in entering the civil aviation market. However, there are also some medium and short-distance routes with large passenger demand, and the use of 747 which can fly long-distance is too wasteful. Therefore, other aircraft companies intend to develop smaller wide body airliners to compete."

The characteristic of wide body is wide. When it is wide, the cross-section of the passenger plane will be large and the comfort will be very good. The passenger plane prepared by Han and Hans is also wide body.

"At that time, the reliability of the jet engine had not yet reached a very high level, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of Eagle country also had the instruction that" the transfer of twin engine aircraft shall not exceed 60 minutes "(if civil aviation wants to enter the western market, it must be approved by FAA. This is quite difficult, and we will have this content in the future) Therefore, even at that time, 40000 pound engines had been put into use. If you want to reduce the number of engines, it can only be reduced to three. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 are the products of this environment. "

People think that the reliability of double engines is not high. If you want to make a long voyage, you have to make three engines.

Three engines are also Douglas's classic layout. Most of the time, they are T-shaped vertical tail. Three engines are directly hung at the tail. Because the engine is behind, the noise in the cabin is low, which has become their classic layout.

Other companies like to hang under the wing. Although this will bring the problem of high noise in the cabin, there is no doubt that this can bring better airworthiness. Look at future generations. Almost all airliners are hung under the cabin.

"We also know that Airbus in Europe was founded in the 1970s. Their first product, A300, is the world's first wide body twin engine aircraft. Their economy is superior to that of other aircraft and is more suitable for short-range and large passenger carrying needs. Although the early sales are not good, the competition in the aviation industry has become fierce in recent years," Qin continued.

"In 1978, Eagle officially deregulated its aviation industry, which allowed its domestic airlines to operate domestic and international routes at the same time, and also reduced the threshold for foreign airlines to serve in the United States. Therefore, eagle's national aviation industry began to face fierce competition, and Airlines began to seek planes with better economy in order to reduce operating costs. Double engine wide body airliners will be available soon It has become the darling of the market. If you don't believe it, you can investigate the sales data of civil aviation airliners at air shows in recent years to see if McDonnell Douglas airliners can compete with Airbus A300. "

In recent years, McDonnell Douglas is going downhill, which anyone can see.