For all of Boeing’s business coups and innovation, one stark statistic has come to symbolize the company’s priorities: Over the past six years, Boeing spent $43.4 billion on stock buybacks, compared with $15.7 billion on research and development for commercial airplanes. The board even approved an additional $20 billion buyback in December 2018, less than two months after the first 737 Max crash, though it subsequently shelved that plan.
Share buy backs, short term focus long term neglect.
Have a read Geoffrey, there are actual journalists out there, not just dingle-berry types.
https://fortune.com/longform/boeing-...first-culture/
Much easier to blame deceased people for corporate negligence.