>> the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing's engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing's management, and grossly insufficient oversight by the FAA.
That is being very kind to Boeing management. Its blaming the engineers and the FAA but the management was just not transparent? Boeing fought hard for their autonomy and ability to self certify, so I guess the FAA failed by allowing that. But that doesnt exempt the management at Boeing who was supposed to create an organisation with processes in place to design and build safe airplanes. They had such an organisation but failed to maintain it as such. That's more than a lack of transparency.
That is being very kind to Boeing management. Its blaming the engineers and the FAA but the management was just not transparent? Boeing fought hard for their autonomy and ability to self certify, so I guess the FAA failed by allowing that. But that doesnt exempt the management at Boeing who was supposed to create an organisation with processes in place to design and build safe airplanes. They had such an organisation but failed to maintain it as such. That's more than a lack of transparency.