There was an article literally 1-2 days ago (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boein...) about about Boeing asking for a certification exemption on the MAX7.

My friend and I were joking "well I'm sure they know what they are doing / hey if its not safe people won't fly it / they can just rename it again if it does crash / its all just big gubmint red tape / hey if it has X% risk of crash and Y already crashed then the next Z flight should be OK right?"

Within 24 hours they blow out a door on a new jet. Amazing levels of incompetence mixed with hubris.