Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

by Peter Robison

The implicit message was clear: the FAA’s primary responsibility was to hasten the production and sale of American airplanes, not to burden plane makers with red tape.

Trump let Muilenburg listen in on a call he had with competitor Lockheed Martin to discuss a rival fighter, the F-35, and appointed a former Boeing executive, Pat Shanahan, to a Pentagon post as deputy defense secretary in charge of acquisitions.