Right, but first they certified it for human-rated spaceflight by scrutinizing it very closely and testing it very rigorously.

They certified a modification to an existing spacecraft that was already proven. Starliner is a bespoke from scratch vehicle.

Are you suggesting they did or should have relaxed the human-rated spaceflight certification standards for Crew Dragon?

No, they actually have made them go through more rigor than Starliner has been subject to.

What I'm saying is that Dragon was built upon an existing proven platform. The effort needed to convert the cargo module for human spaceflight is less than the effort Boeing needed to create a module from scratch. AND SpaceX still had to go through more rigor with Crew Dragon than what Boeing has had to do with Starliner.

The certification standards for Starliner have been reduced compared to Dragon, and Boeing is asking for them to be reduced further still.