<story><title>Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Report</title><url>https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2019-04-04-Boeing-CEO-Dennis-Muilenburg-Addresses-the-Ethiopian-Airlines-Flight-302-Preliminary-Report</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>781</author><text>Well, then I&amp;#x27;m irrational too, because I won&amp;#x27;t set foot in a 737 MAX after this shitfest. The FAA also lost a lot of trust, for rubber-stamping this.&lt;p&gt;The first accident was maybe understandable. We all know that shit happens. But Boeing has zero excuses for not immediately grounding the whole fleet after, and for putting out that useless recovery procedure which didn&amp;#x27;t work in this case. They let a deadly plane fly for 5 months after they were aware of it, and after the second crash they were phoning Trump to keep it in the air.</text></item><item><author>xiphias2</author><text>,,We remain confident in the fundamental safety of the 737 MAX.&amp;#x27;&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;Am I irrational for not wanting to be on the first 1-2 years of flights on 737 MAX after it gets its software update?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cyberferret</author><text>&amp;gt; The FAA also lost a lot of trust, for rubber-stamping this.&lt;p&gt;From documents I&amp;#x27;ve seen (which I cannot find the links to now), it appears that the FAA let Boeing themselves do some of the certification work and sign offs.&lt;p&gt;Putting the foxes in charge of the hen house, so to speak.</text></comment>
<story><title>Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Report</title><url>https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2019-04-04-Boeing-CEO-Dennis-Muilenburg-Addresses-the-Ethiopian-Airlines-Flight-302-Preliminary-Report</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>781</author><text>Well, then I&amp;#x27;m irrational too, because I won&amp;#x27;t set foot in a 737 MAX after this shitfest. The FAA also lost a lot of trust, for rubber-stamping this.&lt;p&gt;The first accident was maybe understandable. We all know that shit happens. But Boeing has zero excuses for not immediately grounding the whole fleet after, and for putting out that useless recovery procedure which didn&amp;#x27;t work in this case. They let a deadly plane fly for 5 months after they were aware of it, and after the second crash they were phoning Trump to keep it in the air.</text></item><item><author>xiphias2</author><text>,,We remain confident in the fundamental safety of the 737 MAX.&amp;#x27;&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;Am I irrational for not wanting to be on the first 1-2 years of flights on 737 MAX after it gets its software update?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pcurve</author><text>I think lack or major crashes in recent years made them complacent and emboldened them to roll the dice. Then hit snake eyes. Then also may have looked down on the foreign pilots are the airline. Had this been a Southwest plane they may have grounded the plane.</text></comment>