| > You're referring to compartmentalized departments The Joint Chiefs of Staff are literally above those compartments [1]. > No one person or internal unit can truly understand the inner workings of this machine But they do! Not down to every nut and bolt. But we can say that about, like, a modern gaming console. > indirectly trillions of dollars on the line if Boeing goes bankrupt No? Silicon Valley tends to be naïve on how precise bankruptcy can be. Boeing going bankrupt doesn’t mean every supplier fails. > Don't be an contrarian, just think about it I assume you’re also personally familiar with the leadership of multiple Boeing suppliers? I’m not saying that to dismiss you, but to give pause to your thinking anyone who disagrees with you just hasn’t thought. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff |