You seem to be agreeing that our government is not competent enough to handle Boeing from an oversight perspective, let alone actively running the company. I a

You seem to be agreeing that our government is not competent enough to handle Boeing from an oversight perspective, let alone actively running the company. I agree with both of your points, the government should never have allowed the McDonnell Douglas merger (I assume that's what you mean) and I can't possibly agree more that the FAA's "self certification" regime was a hilariously bad concept which was made worse by their implementation.