I personally find odd the wording: >... if the grounding of its most popular plane persists ... as if the grounding was an uncontrollable event, like - say -

I personally find odd the wording: >... if the grounding of its most popular plane persists ... as if the grounding was an uncontrollable event, like - say - weather. I would have written it as: "if we (Boeing) cannot soon find a solution that is considered safe enough by the relevant Authorities ..."