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You are absolutely right that Boeing and the FAA screwed up royally when it came to the MCAS system, and it was a glaring example of how Boeing has changed as a company. At the same time, with the modifications and improvements since then, the plane is safe enough that it's simply not worth the average person's effort to parse out the minute differences in odds of an issue between it and other plane types.

There is also zero indication that the incident in yesterday's Alaska flight has anything to do with the plane design- my initial guess is a manufacturing fault that wasn't picked up in QC. Extremely rare, and can happen to anything. That's why you have multiple layers of safety systems. Those layers worked in this case. The action of grounding an entire fleet type is something that the FAA often does after an event like this, often before they have any evidence of a systemic issue, as a precaution.

Is the system perfect? Of course not. As stated earlier, there are significant issues that need to be addressed, that are going to take years/decades to truly resolve. But it's short-sighted to avoid the US commercial airline system entirely, or even one jet type, because it's overall.still a very safe system, one that has performed admirably for the past 30.years especially.[/quote]

You are absolutely right. Incidents like this are so extremely rare that it's foolish to avoid flying on certain models by certain developers. Hell I don't even care to look to see who develops the planes I fly on. The best thing you can do is pay attention to the emergency exit instructions pre-flight and ensure your seatbelt is always on when you're not using the restroom. It could save your life in an emergency.[/quote]

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