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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by wolfgke on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:37PM (#21973620)
> it was boeing trying to pretend the MAX was similar enough to the next gen that caused the issue.

The regulations lead to the situation that Boeing had an incentive to do that. Nearly every economist will confirm you that economy is all about incentives.

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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by scott_s on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:41PM (#21973677)
I think that is true, and I still think we should have those regulations. Companies in regulated markets area always incentivized to do bad things to skirt around those regulations. That doesn't make the regulations bad.
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