These planes have performed well over the past years/miles. What happens when internal investigation finds DEI maintenance or manufacturing people to be the weak link or culprit creating the flaws - will they dare to report it?
That's what I'm thinking, too. It's DEI in the maintenance, not the planes themselves. It's what happens when you hire and promote based on looks and not merit.
If you're Boeing, you have to be in crisis planning mode 24/7 now. Even if the aircraft were built fine, how your customers maintain them can make or break you. Passengers are not able to differentiate bad design vs bad maintenance. Right now, it looks like bad design based on previous bad design.
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