I don't think this will change until Boeing's compensation committee cuts pay and bonuses for their execs. Even then they'll just move on to the next corporate job and the new execs will negotiate bonuses based on improving metrics which can be gamed.
In the mean time airlines are stuck with Boeing planes (at least part of) the public thinks of as ticking time-bombs. Some (many? most?) are stuck with planes that they've sunk a fair bit of cash into. Or, more likely, the airlines' corporate parents own a company that owns planes that leases them back to the operating airline for tax reasons. And while that might seem to reduce pressure on the carriers, it's unlikely their corporate parents will want to walk away from that investment.
The last time we had a problem with the 737-900 MAX's, Alaska started flying Airbusses. This time my monthly SEA -> SJC flight is on an Embraer. This can't be good for anyone (except Airbus and Embraer.)
Maybe it's time for corporate America to get serious and only pay the c-suite bigbux if they don't destroy the company.
Embraer isn't competition for Boeing or Airbus; they only make very small regional jets, nothing even close to the size of a 737 let alone one of the larger jets.
In the mean time airlines are stuck with Boeing planes (at least part of) the public thinks of as ticking time-bombs. Some (many? most?) are stuck with planes that they've sunk a fair bit of cash into. Or, more likely, the airlines' corporate parents own a company that owns planes that leases them back to the operating airline for tax reasons. And while that might seem to reduce pressure on the carriers, it's unlikely their corporate parents will want to walk away from that investment.
The last time we had a problem with the 737-900 MAX's, Alaska started flying Airbusses. This time my monthly SEA -> SJC flight is on an Embraer. This can't be good for anyone (except Airbus and Embraer.)
Maybe it's time for corporate America to get serious and only pay the c-suite bigbux if they don't destroy the company.