Poor company, how will they cope?
"The manufacturer did not admit guilt, however, which would have prevented it from receiving future government contracts. Instead, it entered into a deferred prosecution agreement.
No company executive faces imprisonment for the misconduct that the biz has acknowledged. Boeing fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg in late 2019 over the 737 Max accidents and he departed with $62m in compensation."
Not admitting guilt because it wouldn't be able to get future government contracts? It let planes fly knowing there were serious issues and lied / deceived regulators. It shouldn't be getting ANY future contracts from anyone! That's the idea of punishment - a deterrent. Instead they pay a paltry fine and the CEO lost his job just to be consoled by a huge compensation package. I'll never forget seeing that a lot of companies could implement a lot of changes to make safety even higher but the cost to do so is far greater than paying compensation to crash victims' families. Everyone has a value to a company that big.