The cases that SCOTUS took seek to overturn the ability of federal agencies, experts, to write regulation and seek to force congress, buffoons, to write the regulations. Essentially they seek to remove the Code of Federal Regulations.

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

The Chevron case says courts shall defer to the judgement of the experts in the federal agency where there is ambiguity in something congress wrote.

Seattle Times, Jan 24 - The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line, a person familiar with the details of the work told The Seattle Times.

If verified by the National Transportation Safety Board investigation, this would leave Boeing primarily at fault for the accident, rather than its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which originally installed the panel into the 737 MAX 9 fuselage in Wichita, Kan.

Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet

Seattle Times, Jan 24 - The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line, a person familiar with the details of the work told The Seattle Times.

If verified by the National Transportation Safety Board investigation, this would leave Boeing primarily at fault for the accident, rather than its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which originally installed the panel into the 737 MAX 9 fuselage in Wichita, Kan.

... To err is human. To really F it up requires a computer.

The real problem there is that of disconnected procedures and no "catch-all" checking.

This all suggests that Boeing production must be shut down immediately until they get their working safely in order.

... Is it Boeing that doesn't require the entire incoming air frame taken back to rivets to inspect because their subcontractor can't be trusted?...

This is where I feel strongly that ALL passenger aircraft must be fitted, and those in service retrofitted, to include EICAS - ECAM to alert and guide the pilots without the need for fumbling the unwieldy encyclopaedias of paper checklists...

20 odd years of being run by bean counters instead of engineers.

20 odd years of being run by bean counters instead of engineers.

I think bean counters are extremely important for each aircraft manufacturer. These ultra-complex products easily get too expensive... fewer sales... insufficient profits (e.g. history of Saab Aircraft, Fairchild, Dornier, ...). Were the bean counters the actual problem, or were it the greedy Boeing CEOs who over a decade pushed Boeing's market value (and their bonus) through extensive share buybacks? Were did they get all the money for this?

20 odd years of being run by bean counters instead of engineers.

Wall Street Bean Counters -- never ever forget Boeing is a public company that must answer the fiduciary duty to the shareholder -- deem that designing new aircraft is far too expensive, so keep strapping new parts onto the 737 type certificate (supplemental type certificate) so we can keep selling aircraft. Then when the customers finally catch on and sales fall, find a buyer for the shell of a company, cash in and move on to the next Enron.

... According to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday, Boeing spent more than four years after the Oct. 2018 and March 2019 crashes of two other MAX planes, which killed 346 people, assuring investors that it was "laser-focused" on safety and would not sacrifice safety for profit.

Shareholders said Boeing's statements were false and misleading because they concealed the "poor quality control" on its assembly line, and caused its stock price to be inflated.

Boeing suspended its financial forecast for 2024 as it reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, amid scrutiny following the Alaska Airlines blowout.

"While we often use this time of year to share or update our financial and operational objectives, now is not the time for that," Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said in a memo to employees.

"Our full focus is on taking comprehensive actions to strengthen quality at Boeing, including listening to input from our 737 employees that do this work every day," Calhoun said in a press release.

"As we move forward, we will support our customers, work transparently with our regulator and ensure we complete all actions to earn the confidence of our stakeholders," he added.

In the earnings report, Boeing said it "continues to cooperate transparently with the FAA following the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident."

If you had bothered to read the last 20 years of letters to the shareholder you would understand that Boeing does not build airplanes. They just assemble parts. Wall Street has decided there is no profit in building things, but there is profit in assembling things. And there is more profit in revenue streams.

It doesn't need rocket science to fix it.