...implying the scrutiny Boeing is held to does anything beneficial.
The regulatory capture resulted in a pathological operating module that put over 346 in an early grave because they couldn't be arsed to not cut corners; then on top of ot all, there's no substantive finding of liability or wrongdoing.
Laws that are ultimately unenforced due to 2B2F might as well not exist at all.
I don't want to defend Boeing's management but even with the worst failure in, what, half a century? it's still much safer to fly than drive so I wouldn't be so quick to throw aviation security culture under the bus.
The regulatory capture resulted in a pathological operating module that put over 346 in an early grave because they couldn't be arsed to not cut corners; then on top of ot all, there's no substantive finding of liability or wrongdoing.
Laws that are ultimately unenforced due to 2B2F might as well not exist at all.