Your post reminded me on how critical leadership is to everything at these levels.The problems with the tanker program have been absurd given that Boeing built the 767 for decades and has built tankers for a few more.
Legacy Boeing would have never allowed this to happen.
A man passed away in the past year that ran a construction company in California that worked on major road projects. The contracts typically had a reward for finishing the job early. And I suspect in California quite a lot of bureaucracy in the inspection process.
It was reported this man's construction company finished a majority of these massive California road building projects ahead of schedule, some significantly finished early and to standard.
Leadership is the reason things get done on time and on target. And funny, the CEO of Boeing, who works from home quite a bit and has a full size Boeing private jet pick him up at home if he decides to go to the office, is still employed and makes eight figures per year with options and bonuses.