Not defending Boeing here. They have lost engineering focus as everything has become financialized in the search for ever-higher profits. But there's also a re

Not defending Boeing here. They have lost engineering focus as everything has become financialized in the search for ever-higher profits. But there's also a recency bias here, as in fatal defects aren't new. Example: there were several fatal accidents with the 737 rudder in the 1990s [1]. One valid area of criticism is how the FAA has essentially allowed Boeing to self-certify to safety since ~2009 [2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues [2]: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/boeing-faa-congress-must-stepup/ https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/b...