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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by manigandham on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:21AM (#19890634)
Actual engineers do care about the "why" since that's what matters. Otherwise don't bother flying on any aircraft since all models have crashed at some point.
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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by bronson on Sunday May 12, 2019 @04:08AM (#19890767)
Your second sentence is too glib. By just about any statistic you want to look at, the MAX-8 has an abysmal safety record. Probably worse than any other aircraft in revenue flight.

It's perfectly rational to look at the results, regardless of "why", and decide that the risk is just too great.

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