I didn't read the OP as saying, "Private sector good; public sector bad." I read him as saying, "Unregulated monopoly bad." I think a more charitable read of t

I didn't read the OP as saying, "Private sector good; public sector bad." I read him as saying, "Unregulated monopoly bad." I think a more charitable read of the OP is that the FAA hasn't done a good job regulating Boeing because the FAA is in Boeing's pockets. Boeing is so critical to national defense that the regulators don't want to rock the boat and risk getting fired. Both Boeing and the FAA need to be cleaned up.