Originally Posted by
moosepig
Muilenberg HAS to say that (there is nothing wrong with the aircraft -- everything has been corrected with utmost perfection, and anyway it was all the pilots' fault). Can you imagine the company lawyers or shareholders suggesting he say otherwise? One sniff of an admission of liability and Boeing would be sued out of existence.
I think you're Bang On. Boeing is wedded (no, welded) to the Max and simply lacks the means to turn back now. Its only option is to forge ahead and utter no word that hasn't first been examined by its lawyers under a microscope.