“What does that say about the culture at Boeing?”
It says the old culture of Boeing is gone. Relative to the fact it was third world airlines that were the two crashes it simply means our pilots are better due to superior training and standards in the Americas and Europe. They had the same failures and coped with it. However, Boeing still owns the tragedies.
I will be surprised if the 737 Max survives. Customers are simply going to avoid these flights.