This is a unique time for the commercial-aerospace sector. While the pandemic exacerbated ongoing disruptions, the past few years have witnessed a slow but steady recovery. In addition to higher demand and supply chain issues, McKinsey’s Mike Parkins and coauthors say that quality control, new regulations, talent shortages, and an increasingly splintered geopolitical environment offer parallel challenges for the sector.
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