The engineer who originally built the airplane disappeared mid-flight, parachuting off. Then the second most influential engineer went rogue and was kicked out of the plane by the others (and the passengers), together with other 2 very important engineers (Jeff/Mike). Then two of the original engineers, namely the second most prolific ever (Luke) and one of the most influential (Peter), started disagreeing vocally, in front of the passengers, about how to manage the plane windows (the mempool). Then one of the main engineers unintentionally almost crashed the plane (inflation bug), and the others didn't see it coming because of reputation/trust dynamics. Btw, the same engineer launched a DEI campaign to hire black obese bisexual women with acne from the passengers to maintain the plane, because "diversity". Then another engineer went around changing the wording in all the emergency instructions, because he was afraid to be called "racist", and some passengers started having some mild doubts about the whole team. Then most of the other experienced OG engineers disappeared and retired, parachuting off the plane. Then two of the remaining OG engineers started going around the plane dressed like women (not an avionic issue per se, of course, but passengers may have prejudices and feel uncomfortable, so it's worth mentioning), and another one invited his girlfriend with less than 2 years of experience in avionics inside the cabin to become lead engineer (which says nothing about her skills, but again, you could expect some passengers to raise eyebrows). Then everybody on the plane realized that engineers botched up the installation of a screen against intense sunlight (spam). One off the two fighting OG engineers (Luke) freaked out in front of the passengers about "intense sunlight destroying the plane", and proposed to fix the screen, while the other (Peter) was happy it was broken and considered the bug actually a feature, because he had (rational) arguments about the screen not working at equilibrium anyway, and possibly making things even slightly worse. The screen didn't get fixed, but all emergency instructions were changed to reflect the behavior, with most engineers mocking passenger for even pointing out the screw-up. Then the contrarian engineer who proposed the fix was robbed of his wallet, and an FBI agent on board said it may have been one of the other engineers (of course it could have be somebody else, including him: never trust cops). Then the same engineer solicited a hip-round to mitigate the issues of a broken engine (mining centralization), and another engineer publicly called for the rich passengers (Jack) to withdrawal funding from the initiative, due to unrelated past personal beefs. Then, AND ONLY THEN, most of the engineers set out to make it an absolute priority to change the color of the paint around the windows, in a way that the contrarian engineer considered "fatal", and many passengers just disliked. After a huge push-back, they withdrew the controversial proposal, just to rush to implement another one, almost identical in effects but worded in a subtler way. Now, a growing, substantial minority of passengers are looking at the contrarian engineer as "maybe not as crazy as they thought". But it's not about him being very persuasive, or popular, or good at marketing. It's mostly about them being fed up.