Comment by gruez

1. For at least one of the whistleblowers, it was certain not "convenient" because he already managed to go public with the accusation, the lawsuit was filed, and his deposition was already made.

2. I'm not sure how a few whistleblowers dying disproves "responsibility does not get easily sloughed off". If anything, they're getting extra responsibility than is warranted. Every time there's something wrong with a Boeing product, people almost reflexively start posting about how it must be caused by corner cutting by Boeing, or how it's yet more evidence that Boeing it circling the drain. This happens even for planes that's are decades old, have a solid service history, and by all accounts are probably caused by pilot error or improper maintenance.