[Morte42]

Boeing spread its operations over as many states as it could some time ago so any changes made to Boeing would impact a lot of politicians, changes that leave some losers and some winners will be fiercely contested. Its clearly a situation that requires some sort of change but since the government became involved with Boeing, things have gotten worse. Maybe the decline is not associated with that change in particular but I feel very sceptical about further government involvement being a cure.

Boeing is just too integrated in too many places to interfere with. The governments of both Republican and Democratic states would need a comprehensive agreement to even consider making small moves on Boeing. Thats the issue, the biggest fight isnt with Boeing itself but the stake holders and beneficiaries. Boeing are very astute when it comes to business, they covered their bases well long before this drama started.

[pylua]

I refuse to believe the only thing that can be broken up at Boeing is its planes.

Maybe no one has the guts to take proper action.

[wwtdtgotiatl]

Who went to jail or faced sky sort of justice for the sub-prime mortgage crisis and subsequent harm it caused?

[michaelsshaw]

In the US the only one was Kareem Serageldin.

[AtlasBarfed]

(Looks at antitrust enforcement over the last 50 years)

... yeah, no one has the guts.