Slight counter-point: Boeing hid the new system so that they could avoid the regulatory process that makes it very difficult to introduce anything new. Hiding

Slight counter-point: Boeing hid the new system so that they could avoid the regulatory process that makes it very difficult to introduce anything new. Hiding the new system was the problem that cause unsafe situation. Another problem of same regulatory process: most private airplanes manufactured today use leaded gas combined with 80 year old engines designed in the 1950's. These engines have carburetors that are quite finicky. Other aspects of this problem: Most of us speed about 6 miles above the speed limit on the freeway - if you travel exactly at the speed limit you'll have a new set of problems. I'm not sure what the solution is, but I think it's necessary to suspect that regulations that are over-burdensome can introduce odd behavior and counter intuitively make the very problem they're trying to address (in this case safety) worse.