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If it was engineer the estimate would have a lower bound, not an upper.

But then the MBA would interpret the lower bound as an upper bound.

Was safety a factor in those estimates or was the meeting mostly about the stock price?

"We're getting a lot of pressure from up top to get this safety fix out ASAP" was the likely jist of the meeting.

So improving the perception of safety to buoy the stock

No engineer at Boeing today can make any decision, it is all run by MBA's