That doesn't really excuse Boeing though. The airline might what whatever but it's Boeing's responsibility to tell them something's not possible. Airbus didn't

That doesn't really excuse Boeing though. The airline might what whatever but it's Boeing's responsibility to tell them something's not possible. Airbus didn't do this hack (as far as we know) so if Boeing didn't they would have just gotten into a tougher competition. The challenge that Boeing faced is the same as Airbus or any other manufacturer. The airlines at the end would have to buy planes to continue their service with whatever plane available. Boeing from all evidence made for them available an unsafe plane. It's unlikely to happen but a fair amount of people should be put in jail for this for a long long time but I doubt that will happen though. And FAA is another sad excuse these days it seems. One doesn't let trivial things self certify and they let an airlines company self certify critical parts of a plane. What a joke.