lomapaseo
Typically Technical Fellows report to a Sr Vp level. So I imagine that once they assess their short commings in all this they can effect some changes immediately in the process gaps. Nothing would stop them from auditing anything that they feel contributed including vendor performance. (financial contracts not included)
"financial contracts not included"
Really? Do you think that its possible to divorce economics from engineering? I don't. There has to be someone that can report to that VP, "Yes, the technology is mature. But No, Boeing isn't prepared to make the necessary investment into the skill sets needed to exploit it. So in the final analysis, the answer is 'No'".
Someone else pointed out that Boeing moved their HQ to Chicago to keep the engineers out of the boardroom. They appear to be reaping the rewards (or consequences) of that decision.