Should Boeing Sell Airplanes to All Comers? - AVweb

News Discussion
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For today's preposterous aviation idea, think of something an aircraft salesman would never, ever say: "We're sorry, although we would like to sell you one of our airplanes, we just don't think you're qualified to fly it."

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/should-boeing-sell-airplanes-to-all-comers
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I wrote a comment on this piece when it came out (apparently lost with the Avweb move to the new website?) and I was as upset then as I am now re-reading this article.

The clear assumptions when this piece was written were that:

  1. Boeing had done nothing wrong in the design of the aircraft, and
  2. The safety culture outside of airlines in the developed world was likely a contributing factor

We now know that even Sully would have had great difficulty recovering from this, and the 737-MAX remains grounded due to inherent, critical design flaws.

In my original comment, I cautioned Mr. Bertorelli of jumping to such conclusions without clear evidence. I hope that he will take the opportunity now to re-read this piece and learn from it with the benefit of hindsight so that he doesn’t repeat this mistake.