so, say all you want about corporate safety culture and cultural norms for cockpit behavior. I'm sure something of it played a role. Probably mx too. But the aircraft should never have put the crew in a position for this to matter, and especially not due to some feature withheld from the manuals. That's the point Boeing is going to have to eat.
Maybe a bit more. Shares were $372 two weeks ago on 7 November when the technical questions started appearing in the media. Right now they're $317.
One can almost bet that senior management and their beaks are more concerned with the NYSE and the spot price than they are of the integrity of the investigation.
Cancelling the 'conference' call may well be trying to put a floor on growing open short interest and of course admitting anything that may potentially incriminate executives/managers.