Originally Posted by
Mountain Explorer
I'm confident Boeing is not going to abandon the model. No matter what it takes, or how long it takes, they have to get the max 10 certified. To abandon it would be concede that the design isn't sound.
The only way to repair their image is to sell lots of them and have them fly many years without incident.
This is the reasoning that demonstrates why Boeing has such a terrible corporate culture and why their public image has been shredded. Knowing how the media reacts to every little thing, the first time a max10 makes an emergency landing for a medical emergency people are going to be demanding a congressional investigation and that the fleet be grounded (I realize this is a bit hyperbolic, but sadly not far off from the truth).
They have to concede that safety is their number 1 priority and they will do whatever it takes to regain the public trust...not keep shoving a square peg in a round hole and pray that everything goes right for a few years.