Essentially, Under Muilenberg’s leadership Boeing dropped the ball big time and lost the contract. I always wondered why he eventually rose to the CEO position after this debacle. Maybe you can explain?
Used to be and probably still in effect is the old meme- If you screw up and cost the company say 1 million $$, you likely get terminated or shuffled off to siberia . But if you screw up and cost say 100 million $$ or more, your name get attention of the top brass. They don't dare fire you since it would reflect on why the lower managers and themselves were so dumb as to put you in such a position. Thus a few years later- your name recognition is a bit faded, but most forget why they heard your name... and therefore you get promoted to at least one level above your competence- Peter Principle rules .