Hubris? Incompetence? Or industrial espionage/organizational infiltration?
Our warthog
If you were seeking to bring down the US economy, Boeing would be a big target.
How many years might you be prepared to wait, while your “plants” rise up the organization? Who might be able to “sell” the bizarre product strategy: bastardize one of aviation’s most successful products that it can, if successful, only be flown with the aid of AI technology?