Is Boeing like VW, Where Silence Led To Shame?

When their Dreamliner was grounded, Boeing lost $20 million and  three months of down time for that plane. Today Boeing faces something disastrous. The Dreamliner never crashed and killed people, but the 737 Max has crashed twice killing everyone aboard. The stock, of course, has fallen 11 per cent, but that is only a reflection of the reality. Boeing 737Max is a dangerous airplane that no country is allowing it to fly. There is a lack of room in the front of the  plane that will limit certain fixes.
In some ways this sounds like the story of VW. Is it possible that none of the aerospace engineers who'd gone through a tough academic discipline to arrive at Boeing never expressed some concerns about the design. Either they weren't as smart as you might expect, or they were muzzled because Boeing was making a lot of money off the plane. It would be interesting to find out what happened within Boeing as they put this plane together.