Spaceflight

Starliner isn't going anywhere, the flaws so far have been identified and mostly addressed. The only outstanding one is the doghouse arrangement of control thrusters, which has apparently led to overheating. This likely isn't anything anyone could have predicted.

The failures so far:

1. Flammable tape being used around wiring. This annoys me, and Boeing as an airline manufacturer should really have known better. However, it is notable that this was discovered by Boeing engineers - it's not like they tried to cover it up.
2. Parachute lines not being rated for the worst case scenario. They were rated for 3 chutes, but NASA required capability to land safely with 2 out of 3 chutes. Boeing found this also before crewed flight certification.
3. Helium leaks. That's what it does, helium is a sneaky bastard and leaks are common.
4. Aft control thrusters receiving heating beyond what was expected causing teflon poppet valves to expand and the thrusters to shut down.

Boeing as a brand is heavily tarnished, primarily from the MCAS and door plug issues, however it's also not going anywhere. The company is too heavily entwined with the US military.

Meanwhile the old guard have mostly left the company and dropped the bag, leaving the remaining investors to feel the brunt of everything while they run off with the short term profits. They've won, and all the bitterness people are displaying isn't affecting them.

I'm all for hating on the bullshit from Boeing - and have a particular bug in my bonnet against the former McDonnell Douglas C-suite levels who have dragged the company through the mud, performing the same antics they did at MDD - but the fact is the issues with Starliner have been massively overblown by people looking to jump on a hype bandwagon.

That isn't to say the craft is without issues, nor that some of the issues (1 & 2) shouldn't have happened, but just that people aren't being rational, and the anti-PR noise is annoying and counterproductive.