Originally Posted by
MechEngr
"just to move the blame away from the company"
The company accepted full blame.
They entered a "political deal" with DoJ(?) very early in the process, before the scale of the intentional Boeing actions were clear to the general public (and probably DoJ), trying to get away with a fine as low as possible (effectively just a "tip") and cover itself for future claims. This is what is now being discussed to get the original deception dropped, the case reopened and Boeing getting the proper punishment for the damage they did to the society (and the US as a whole).
Originally Posted by
MechEngr
What Boeing doesn't want is to have 20,000 relatives of relatives of relatives coming up with reasons they should have been considered and dragging the proceeding out for a decade.....
Yep, that is what Boeing doesn't like (bad for stocks), though, this is what society wants, and what Boeing needs to get the real punishment for their deliberate actions and the consequences of that. And, not only Boeing, but large corporations in general, to take care, that (real, not only words) care for society gets a little higher on the agenda, than only corporate profits. A concept, that is significantly better developed in the EU.