I should have inc the relevant quote(fixd). Anyway, that was my understanding. But in my linked article, Boeing's CEO corrects me:
"We don’t ‘sell’ safety; that’s not our business model."
This is his day job after all.
The FAA doesn't seem to take any notice of Boeing's business model.
The fact that Boeing doesn't think it's their business doesn't mean that nobody thinks it's their business.
His work at Boeing is so well regarded that investors couldn't wait to firehose capital his way.
ref:https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/forme...
Boeing's CEO is what success looks like.
That sort of long term outcome is fairly irrelevant to the people in control. Short term profits are what matter. Burn and bail.
After enough years of profit-taking by burning thru hard-built assets - you have the only long term success that matters (to the people with control).