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Unfortunately I think the „remote work“ and „work from home“ culture contributed a lot to it. It made it totally acceptable to work with people that you won’t meet anyway in reality.
If you're job can be done from home, it can also be done from India.
Actually, I don’t think it strange it happened to Boenig. They have rather vigorous competition in Airbus (and others), and a product still hugely matters (as it shows right now).