Public criticism is one thing, but it can't be dismissed, because Boeing faces issues across all its major commercial airplane programs. Supply chain issues and component shortages are constraining a production ramp-up on the 737 MAX (a plane that should be the narrowbody workhorse of the skies alongside the Airbus A320 family). Moreover, the first delivery date of the 777X (the updated version of the widebody 777) has been pushed out to 2025, thus incurring a further $1.5 billion in costs, according to management.