Boeing, Going, Gone?

Concerning Boeing's crash-prone 737MAX airplane, a commenter at the Unz Review states:

@Erebus: ‘…what I find astonishing is that Boeing engineers specified, designed, tested, and then implemented a system (MCAS) that overrides all other controls and systems, including the pilot’s, but is itself so fault intolerant that in case of malfunction in a single component would fly the airplane into the ground unless disabled. How is that possible in a company as engineering intense as Boeing? That Boeing then compounded the mis-engineering by keeping it secret moves it beyond astonishing and into criminal territory. That the FAA then certified it amounts to dereliction of its duty to the public. Head’s should roll all ’round.’…

Most of what is known in answer to the question how such craziness occurred is stated with clarity in a response in the same discussion thread:

@FB: These questions are the crux of the matter…and answers are emerging… Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system This is a tremendous piece of journalism published yesterday in the Seattle Times and reveals that concerned Boeing engineers and FAA officials spoke to the Times BEFORE the Ethiopian crash occurred…and what they revealed pulls back the curtain on a truly astonishing level of what can only be called corruption… Here are the main points… 1. Boeing effectively browbeat the FAA into the letting the company sign off on crucial safety issues, instead of FAA officials 2. The extent to which the MCAS system is able to control the airplane is four times as much as what the FAA and airline customers were led to believe 3. The FAA allowed Boeing to sign off on using only a single AOA sensor to feed the MCAS system, based on faulty and unrealistic risk assumptions of something going wrong So we have both Boeing and FAA insiders now stepping forward to whistle-blow…in fact this Seattle Times story was in the works long before the Ethiopian crash, and both the Boeing and the FAA were provided with copies of the story and the opportunity to respond before publication…in the meantime the second 737 MAX crashed… and much more

And here (thanks to FB at Unz Review) a comment from the Moon of Alabama on how Wall Street made Boeing turn bad.

Boeing shares could yet have a long way to fall: like to zero?

Related: 
Zero Hedge: Boeing's Problem Is Not Software
Zero Hedge: Boeing Tumbles On Grand Jury Subpoena Probing 737 MAX Approval
Zero Hedge: Boeing Slides As BEA Confirms "Clear Similarities" In 737 Crashes, Ethiopian Air Freezes Orders