GM avoided defective switch redesign in 2005 to save a dollar each

[glatt]

I understand the current CEO was in her job and learned of this problem and only took 3 months to decide to do a recall when previous GM CEOs had gone 13 years without doing a recall. And yet she's the one being roasted alive by Congress.

Reminds me of the DC Metro. The current General Manager inherited a massively screwed up system and has been aggressively doing maintenance to fix the problems. Maintenance that is interfering with weekend service. So he's being criticized by everyone. When the previous General Manager maintained nothing and let it fall into such disrepair that an accident killed a bunch of riders he got off scot-free. Sometimes life's not fair and people are dumb.