I think it is pretty clear that Boeing management is still insisting on the cheapest way to do everything, rather then the right way, and when they are caught out it’s the usual Boeing playbook, deny, obfuscate, dissemble. The problem is the regulator is wise to Boeing’s Shyte and both it and increasingly their customers, are not putting up with it.
The 777X is Boeing’s last chance to show they can deliver a safe and compliant new aircraft design. So far it is not looking good…..
Sad really, Boeing use to be the envy of every other nation who aspired to have a commercially successful airline manufacturing industry.