The fundamental reason these planes have killed so many people is because of structural problems at boeing and the FAA. Technical band-aids have fixed none of the factors that caused such an unconscionably unsafe aircraft to be produced and rammed through certification in the first place. Engineers are still taking a back seat to MBAs on critical design and safety decisions. Every step of the way in this saga Boeing has shown itself to be a bad faith actor unworthy of the public's trust. They know they are too big to fail, and are cynically exploiting their position.
> They know they are too big to fail, and are cynically exploiting their position.
They aren't going to bust over this, sure, but this has still been a very costly black eye for them, no? Even if they get their FAA approval, I imagine fewer airlines will be buying Boeing. (Discounting the enormous impact of the pandemic, that is.)
Probably. And we all know what Boeing will prioritise to minimise these losses when faced with the chance of these two options: making a demonstratively better and safer plane which increases profits or reducing costs.
