[PedroBatista]

The revolving door between FAA and cushy positions at Boeing is not a secret. The shortcuts Boeing has been making with the blessing ( or willful omission of the FAA ) have been discussed but with many interests in the middle, like strong competition from Airbus, geopolitics, internal politics, States outbidding each other to create more jobs, national ego, and straight up greed.

"Word on the street", is that Boeing has lost most their safety reputation and most people just do their job and try to not get burned when the planes start to crash. I want to believe most are just blowing of steam, but I don't know..

[dingaling]

The 737 models of two generations ago ( 300 / 400 / 500 ) had several fatal accidents in the 1990s due to runaway rudders. That dented Boeing's reputation with users but not with the FAA.