I've tried even serious reinterpretation, but none of the available icons quite fit a "shoot the messenger" quip.
In one of the several 737 MAX threads or Boeing-focused threads - or more than one of these - a good number of comments were made about how professional engineers have an obligation, as a matter of professional ethics, to call out safety concerns, design flaws, and other similar serious concerns. Even if it means putting career at risk - and of course these comments prompted others to note the realities of the working world.
Presumably Boeing's comments to EASA weren't the imaginings of some idle lawyer or SLF with a latent "aviation enthusiast" trait to expunge. Presumably the comments on the safety of the tank design, or its adherence and conformance to certification standards (I'm not sure which is the proper context here), were originated by an engineer whose professional obligations meant something to that person.
How does Boeing's awful recent failures and its longer-term decline obviate the obligation of an engineer who spotted this safety issue or certification concern? -- how does Boeing's bad repute at this time require the engineer to find someone else to deliver the comment? Double standards, it seems to this SLF/atty, are in play here.