[pstuart]

If a fire is lit under the right asses then that doesn't matter. Not that it's the intent, but it sure wouldn't hurt.

[lotsofpulp]

SNL’s intent is not to “light a fire”, it is to be funny, which shaming the wrong party makes it not funny.

And I don’t see how lighting a fire under the wrong entity’s ass helps anyone other than Boeing.

[pstuart]

I noted the intent.

Alaska has been lax in maintenance before (critically so, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261). If this pressure flows through to Boeing than so be it.

I do agree that it would have been better to skewer Boeing directly but I can see why they chose the path they did.