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...Former chief executive Tom Gentile was replaced as head of Spirit in October by Patrick Shanahan, who worked at Boeing for three decades before his turn as acting US Secretary of Defence....
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...For some, the move away from the company’s longtime home marked a shift in priorities from engineering to financial performance....
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...Men reading this: please tell me it’s really all about the classical engineering. isabel.berwick@ft.com...
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