This. Even is Boeing had to drop out of the airplane game _entirely_, they have a ton of other lines of business.
If another 737 Max crashed then that would be the end of the Max, IMO, but I doubt older 737s would be dropped and Boeing would still be around easily enough.
- Boeing is certainly well financially engineered in many financial vehicles,
- It’s alone the #1 net exporter of USA,
- USA needs Boeing, whether it exports or not. Boeing also funds candidates, just mentioning.
- Existing conpanies need to maintain their existing planes, and they need Boeing’s consultancy for that,
- I’d say even Airbus needs their competitor, or they would fall in a dangerous monopolistic position.
As much as one would enjoy the spectacle of a corrupted eating the dust, it is probably too stable to happen. But ever heard of De Havailland? That’s probably to do with their 4 crashes in a row, due to its airframe shredding of metal fatigue and material constraints being concentrated on the edges of their square windows. Ever flew in a DC-10 or MD-11? That’s probably to do with their 4 crashes in a raw, for a bad doorlock. Just saying.
But in the days of de Havailland & McD-D, there were maybe half a dozen companies which made airliners. That's a much more Adam-Smith world than when there are exactly two.
Because people are made aware that Boeing wasn’t serious with engineering since 2012. And the FAA paid Boeing consultants to inspect Boeing, which by all layman’s definition fall under the terms of “corrupted”.
Who wouldn’t pay attention to the little mention in Google Flights with the brand of the plane?
I think you grossly overestimate the general public, and their ability to pay attention, or care. The 737MAX isnt the first aircraft to have an issue like this - and they kept flying them.