No, I just quoted it because I've been kind of mesmerized by Boeing's troubles over the last few years, and intrigued also by the stories about how they let their engineering culture slip!
but you're quite right that this jet is really old -- so it isn't representative of the problems with the newer jets in any way
I just deleted that post -- I appreciate you and the others pointing out the age issue with the jet here, I hadn't originally considered that