[ExI] Bad year for Boeing

[Stuart LaForge]

It has been a rough year for Boeing with several incidents involving 
their 737 MAX airliners like spontaneously dropping thousands of feet in 
seconds, having doors fly off in midflight, and having sudden cabin 
depressurization. They had comedians roasting them on late night and 
sales of the 737 MAX slowed to a trickle as aviation authorities around 
grounded them due to technical issues. Then a Boeing whistleblower who 
had come forward with information about shady engineering and 
manufacturing practices at the company wound up dead.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/yes-nasa-really-could-bring-starliners-astronauts-back-on-crew-dragon/

So for Boeing's next trick, their new Starliner spacecraft has stranded 
two astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the ISS turning 
what was supposed to be an 8 day mission into an 8 week stay aboard the 
ISS due to malfunctioning thrusters and helium leaks. Of course Elon has 
a SpaceX Dragon ready to rescue them, but NASA is wringing their hands 
trying to give Boeing every chance to pull their own fat out of the fire 
because of their contract with Boeing. As someone whose fond first 
memories of flying was on a TWA Boeing 747 jumbo jet where the 
stewardesses brought me crayons and toys to keep me occupied, I have ask 
what happened to Boeing? When and how did they fall so low?

Stuart LaForge