The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a great American company. A mustread Bethany McLean bestselling author of The Smartest Guys in the Room Compelling and richly reported Flying Blind is about so much more than the sad decline of Boeing and the tragic mistakes that led to the 737 Max disaster. Its also the urgent story of how the almighty profit motive supplanted a culture of engineering excellence in boardrooms across America Brad Stone bestselling author of The Everything Store The definitive expos of how Boeing put profit before passengers leading to the devastating loss of life in the 737 MAX crashes and the downfall of an American business giantIn examining the history of the 737 Flying Blind explores how Boeings new management degraded a highlyregarded plane with costfocused mandates and skimped on testing in the race to match a competing plane from Airbus.