Lol! The engine placement on the Maxx so fundamentally alters the physics of the plane, that it’s a totally different beast. Even if it flew the same in common

Lol! The engine placement on the Maxx so fundamentally alters the physics of the plane, that it’s a totally different beast. Even if it flew the same in common flight scenarios (aka passed all it’s unit and integration tests) it will perform very differently in uncommon situations. It’s the uncommon situations that require pilots anyways, since so much otherwise is automated for safety. There will need to be retraining and hopefully recertification involved. Even then, I think the plane is fundamentally unsafe for passenger flight and cannot be fixed without massive redesign. As I now reread your comment, I’m no longer convinced you meant it in the contrary way I read it. I agree there’s a thuderstorm coming, and I hope all regulators involved can have the conviction to stand up to the pressures from both sides and rule based on the design merits of the plane (even if they are able to conclude differently from my armchair engineer opinion).