“Yah, but Mattels self-interest wouldn’t be helped by toys with lead paint either . . . but they still didn’t do enough quality control . . .”
Just because Mattel ignored QC issues, I don’t see how you can infer that Boeing does as well. With Boeing, the survival of their company depends primarily on one product -expensive aircraft, not hundreds of different low-cost products. Consequently QC has a much higher level of importance to Boeing than it does for a toy manufacturer. I don’t see any evidence that Boeing has shirked their QC responsibilities, nor would I expect them to given the nature of their business. I can however see a toy company like Mattel ignoring QC issues.
I agree with you. I trust Boeing, I suppose, in this. There will always be trade offs in efficiency, safety in cost though.