Its brand has been seriously damaged by these scandals. It used to be, "If it's not Boeing I'm not going," now it's, "If it's Boeing, I'm not going."
Let the company go bankrupt, enact export controls on its capital and IP. The free market will do a better job than the government could.
Nationalization for something like an airplane company is terrible idea.
And maybe putting a real engineer in charge of a freaking engineering company wouldn't be a bad first step either...
I see this sentiment a lot, but nobody ever says what it will do a better job of: Innovation? Meeting customers’ needs? Or just providing a minimum marketable product while maximising returns for shareholders?
Both.
Strategic interest because Boeing has a massive military business.
Plus, the sheer size of the company and the fact that's it's one of two airline manufacturers worldwide (ignoring the few companies that focus solely on the regional jet business).