There are other links here concerning Boeing's 737Max debacle that point to what I consider the "root cause" of Boeing's problems. Even in your quote, the ugly head of that cause is present: "Boeing, whose shares dropped about 1% in afternoon trading..."

What does the share price have to do with anything? For far too long in this country the "value" of a company and its products has been defined solely by the price a bunch of twats on Wall Street are willing to "bet" on them. No. It is *NOT* investment. It is gambling that you, as a Wall Street twat can convince another Wall Street twat to pay more than you did.

Until we abandon that idiotic notion and impoverish all those Wall Street twats, I don't see anything improving much.