#Boeing was an aerospace engineering firm that manufactured and sold airplanes. General Electric was an energy engineering firm that manufactured and sold energy and power products.
Both were transformed by the single minded focus on "shareholder value" and "production" over quality and innovation.
Jack Welch was a pox. McDonnell Douglas had a terrible reputation for quality because it was run by ex-GE finance people. The new CEO is the current COO. SSDD.
While I am inclined to believe Barnett did not commit suicide, I find it far more likely that one of the thousands of workers that Boeing laid off in SC blamed him (or could get to him) rather than a suit in Chicago.
@Cosmichomicide Some one in the company pointed that guy to him.