There seems to be a big miss here on the purpose of the cameras. Are they there as security cameras to help monitor the facility, or are they there to act as an

There seems to be a big miss here on the purpose of the cameras. Are they there as security cameras to help monitor the facility, or are they there to act as an audit trail for manufacturing? Presumably the documentation processes in place (whether Boeing followed them or not) are meant to handle the manufacturing accountability need. That leaves the security cameras as just that, security cameras. I can't get mad at a local convenience store for not retaining footage from last week or last month when 24 hours of retention fits their needs. Why should anyone complain that Boeing's security footage region doesn't meet the requirements for a use that they were never meant to handle?