Such are the externalities of taking the opinion "It isn't illegal if you don't get caught."[1] It is interesting that had Boeing not pushed the edge on the re-

Such are the externalities of taking the opinion "It isn't illegal if you don't get caught."[1] It is interesting that had Boeing not pushed the edge on the re-training re-classification rules they would not have had the crashes, nor the spotlight on them, nor this "new" problem. As a result I have no empathy for managers who are not getting their bonuses this year, or executives who get fired, or corporations who have to take loans on unfavorable terms in order to weather the storm of consequences brought on by trying to avoid following the rules and incurring the expense such rules incur in their execution. I do feel bad for the engineers who were fired or moved out of the company by pointing out that management wasn't following the rules. I do feel badly for the employees whose livelihood depends on their working on building these amazing machines being put out of work because the consequences are playing out. And I feel a little bit bad for the airlines suffering from carrying a bunch of planes they can't fly. Hopefully people are learning life lessons in this process and the pendulum will swing back into a safer mode of rule following from the current risk taking behavior. [1] This philosophy, sadly way too common in my opinion, is that "rules" are for idiots, and since we're not idiots we need only concern ourselves with the risks as we understand them of why the rule should be followed, and ignore said rules when we believe we have no risk of both getting caught nor having the "bad thing" the rule prevents happening (at least on our watch while it would reflect on us.).