I'm not that surprised that some suppliers could compromise quality under pressure. But I'm very surprised Boeing's supply chain quality and design office could

I'm not that surprised that some suppliers could compromise quality under pressure. But I'm very surprised Boeing's supply chain quality and design office could let such a part end up in production. I have experience in a different large aviation company, and this doesn't match my experience at all in the industry. I've seen parts refused because the label was stamped instead of printed like they used to. To make its way to production, the kind of defect we're talking about would need to be approved by an engineering specialist with FAA delegation. And in my experience these people don't sign their name on anything they remotely don't like, and they have means to escalate to the authorities in case of any issue.