> I don't see why the executives should be liable as long as they didn't personally choose the foam or hid the complaints. Because that's what your job is as a

> I don't see why the executives should be liable as long as they didn't personally choose the foam or hid the complaints. Because that's what your job is as a higher up. You direct stuff, which comes with the responsibility of the results of that directing. In exchange you have a lot of power and get paid handsomely. It wasn't Dennis Muilenburg personally who coded the shitty unredudant software that made Boeing 737 Maxes crash themselves into the ground, but he was forced to resign nonetheless (even though he got a golden parachute so it was more of a reward than a punishment). It wasn't Vincent Van Quickenborne who personally didn't process the necessary paperwork that left a terrorist free in Belgium and allowed the later to murder people, but he took accountability and resigned. There's a whole legal doctrine in international law when it comes to war crimes, called the command responsibility, where commanders are responsible for crimes committed by their subordinates (unless they're American, then they all get medals).