Boeing generated $77.8 billion in 2023, so a one-percent penalty would amount to $778 million. I don’t know a single person who would be given the same leeway if they killed 346 people.

Boeing's long-delayed 777X resumes flight testing after five-month hiatus Boeing first planned to deliver 777X in 2020, now slated for 2026 Customers include Emirates, Qatar Airways, Lufthansa ...