Comment Re:Lost Instrumentation?! (Score 2) 112
Some history.
Boeing was known for safety and mediocre stock performance. McDonnell Douglas was known for excellent stock performance and planes that occasionally lost engines (specifically the DC10)
This caused the high flying stock of McDonnell Douglas to crater as the company was being forced into bankruptcy.
The US government was concerned about losing some military planes that McDonnell Douglas was producing and encouraged Boeing to acquire McDonnell Douglas.
Post acquisition, the former McDonnell Douglas executives, who were in large not engineers, took over leadership of Boeing and the stock price of Boeing was one of the best performers, until the 737Max disaster.
The fixes are obvious, but it isn't clear that Boeing can afford them.