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The more I think about this, the more I think that the top levels of management and anyone who was just trying to "get this plane out the door" needs to be held accountable. Fear of competition shipping before you is no excuse to cut corners especially when the consequences of doing so are so grave.

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Do you also feel we should hold the regulators who let it happen accountable?

doesn't seem nearly as malicious. Part of the problem with regulation is constant cuts and never expansion in budget despite the workload usually being expanded, it's very easy to believe that a poor job being done in this situation is just the only way they could get it to still work given the constraints. Actively cutting corners to try to beat competition is much more of a deliberate decision that bears more responsibility.

Sure- but I think that there are differing incentives for regulators than Boeing management. The only situation I can think of that would hold them equally accountable is if there were collusion/corruption. I think in this case it was lack of resources/laziness or overly trusting/naive to what Boeing was telling them.

I respect Apple's style of releasing products. Rather than releasing half-baked crappy product (think Samsung Galaxy Fold), take your time and make a truly remarkable product. First mover advantage is worthless if your product crashes (pun intended).

I see you haven't upgraded to Catalina yet

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