megan
Yes, to an extent.
The letter, plus the larger background fact of the Committee's relatively intense focus upon unearthing the facts, will be useful for Forkner's defense, and possibly very useful.
The centrality at the corporate level of the goals Forkner had, with regard to minimizing the MCAS and training needs etc., is difficult to over-state. He happened to draw attention to these goals with notable terminology, but indeed the goals were institutionalized and at the heart of the 737 MAX program from its outset. Not decisions that he made or participatrd in.