Originally posted by Gabriel
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The Challenger disaster is a prime example of public damage control. The problem was 'management culture' that subverted safety. That culture was purged. The shuttle returned to glory, at least for a while. But there is a big difference between a publicly-funded government program and a publicly-traded company. There are pressures upon a publicly-traded company that corrupt attempts to come clean and there is less regulation and accountability to overcome them.
The commercial (non-military) airframing industry is an oligopoly, and in the U.S. it is a monopoly. Boeing thinks they can afford to take a defensive and arrogant stance. Maybe they can, but I think it will hurt them through attrition. They are already on the back foot with respect to the competition. I mean, that's what got them into this whole mess. The -Max was a shining example of a reactionary response to crutch a lack of visionary thinking.
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