You are too quick to judge.
I make no conclusion, only that Boeing plays the primary role in certifying, and a de facto lead in investigation. The two become inextricably interwined when one or the other merely exists....
You immediately jump to your patent obsessions with authority, control, and sensitivity to views other than your own....
Boeing played a huge role in 038, designing and building very expensive ground test formats. The conclusion was Ice in fuel, due improper design of FOHE, a fix was a trimback to eliminate the Fuel inlets extra length....
Although Boeings testing failed to reproduce what was believed to be the actual problem.
Otherwise, nice to see ya again...