Letters From Our Readers, Sept. 28, 2020

view of San Francisco fires from cockpit
BEHIND THE SCENES: Senior Editor Guy Norris flew to two California locations to report on Joby Aviation’s eVTOL air taxi project. The first attempt to visit the company’s flight-test facility was thwarted by ferocious wildfires; the resulting smoke caused these apocalyptic-looking skies over the Bay Area. This photo was captured on Sept. 9 in the early afternoon.
Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST
FAIR PAYMENT TERMS Kevin Michaels’ “Rebooting Boeing” ( July 27-Aug. 16, p. 10) highlights the lows to which Boeing directors sank the company, not to mention this year’s stock buyback and the $62 million award to their former CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, under whose leadership the 737 MAX debacle took...

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