Right.

What people are missing is that if Boeing is 'too big to fail' for the US Government, then burying the risk, soaking up the resulting windfall, and pressing the accelerator as they turn towards the brick wall was the right thing for them to do.

I'm uncertain about your point where everything is fixable- don't forget, it needs to be fixable without significant pilot training, or else it'll remove airline's reason to stick with boeing.

However, that doesn't matter! Boeing can fail as hard as it wants, and the executives will keep their money, and the US Government will still need to save the company.

The only losers will be pension funds, employees, and citizens- people without any say in the matter.