I guess I meant from the manufacturer's perspective. I doubt it costs Boeing 80k to implement, though that was apparently the list price for the feature. This c

I guess I meant from the manufacturer's perspective. I doubt it costs Boeing 80k to implement, though that was apparently the list price for the feature. This comment also really belongs within the context of the safety expectations of your industry. For planes, there is a high safety expectation. For a hardware feature that costs Boeing maybe $1k (wild ass guess here) to implement, I would expect them NOT to view that as an opportunity to squeeze someone for more profit. They would obviously have to increase the selling price somewhat. From a purely business case I can see why Boeing did what they did but I'm just philosophically opposed to profit being the only goal. Even if it was the only goal, this case pretty clearly shows that it wasn't 'worth it' for Boeing to skimp on safety features with what, 20B wiped off their valuation.