Of course Boeing will do anything to eliminate costs in airplane production! Boeing is more and more focused everyday on eliminating anything that can make profits increase. Eliminate job tasks employees do in their everyday jobs, eliminate quality assurance employees, eliminate jobs that are not directly involved with making the plane in the plant, because the selling of planes is the most important thing Boeing wants to do right now. The mechanics are the most important people in the Boeing company, because they build planes for sale. Safety of American people is not really a Boeing priority at all; let's face it money talks. People's lives are not as important as profits; it has been this way in many different parts of any industry; And companies do not what consumers to realize this! It has been, and becoming even more important that consumers should beware, they will suffer more and more when they buy poor products and services. Greed is more powerful and important that your life; and companies will continue to let consumers die, and be injured, just to make a profit!
Bumped from @Wlr5gcI-1Jusd for being on point.