Both Boeing and the FAA will make sure that the airframe is safe. Actual scientists/engineers work for both.
Then, I observed that the claim was brought up by Dan Rather.
Folks, Dan Rather doesn’t know type fonts. He knows about as much about structural engineering (which requires -—math-—gasp!) as Al Gore knows about climate.
The next thing, someone will be claiming that Hillary knows about medicine.
Never mind.
Thanks, you beat me to it. Boeing’s been building things that fly for a long time, since the days they used canvas as a wing component. Me thinks they know what they’re doing.
I expect Boeing knows how composites will function, I think their UAV’s are composites.