Boeing lost their way in the 90s when the MD merger turned them into an accountant-managed company whereas they were previously engineering-managed. The resulting 737MAX disaster is the main source of their problems today, not COVID.
You're blaming the accountants for something the article clearly says is the result of management decisions...made by an engineer...
(McDonnell's Stonecipher was an engineer that rose into management ranks and was the one that thought up the brilliant idea to just cut costs regardless of the consequences.)
Boeing lost their way in the 90s when the MD merger turned them into an accountant-managed company whereas they were previously engineering-managed. The resulting 737MAX disaster is the main source of their problems today, not COVID.