So there has been a lot of speculation about the 737 Max. I've gotten a lot of questions about it, especially as the delay of it's return has gotten longer. In fact, it's grounding is now keeping me from advancing my career. I've been asked my opinion on the plane, since this is what I fly, and I've flow it one time. The day before it was grounded.
What I've said was, "that Boeing fucked up, but the plane is good, and the plane is safe. It's the pilots, and they way that they were trained, and the way that they are encouraged to operate outside of the US that is the genesis of the problems. The pilots made grave errors, that pilots here in the states are trained, from early on in our pilot careers, to overcome. So while the plane created a problem, the failure of the pilots, who should have been able to manage it, were the main culprits."
This article in the Time today is the exact thing I've said all along. It's a ridiculously deep dive, and close to a 30 minute read, but it's good. Perhaps the best article I've read on aviation in a decade. You need to read it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/m...x-crashes.html