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The 737 had those rudder issues but it didn't have the incompetent design of the 737 MAX.

• jhayward 7y ago
  I'm not sure the plane loads of passengers killed would agree with your professional opinion of design competence. Edited to add: the rudder design was "new" to the industry, in that it had a single control surface activated by a single control mechanism with no redundancy (sound familiar?). The rudder control valve in question had been found to malfunction on 747-200's earlier and was replaced in the entire 747 fleet. The 737's were not replaced until after more fatalities. The point of all this is that there are "incompetence" narratives that can be woven around all major design issues in commercial aircraft. To say "I'll ever fly one" displays a lack of understanding of what makes commercial aviation the safest way to travel, and what the risks actually are.
  • mantap 7y ago
    The point is that the MAX design flaw is so shallow. It uses a single sensor. If the sensor malfunctions during flight, then the software instructs the aircraft to dive into the ground. No right-minded person would ever design a flight control system like that. It's not merely wrong but wrong in such a basic way, as if designed by a child. Such a situation reasonably makes people question whether the MAX project was managed by competent individuals, which is obviously a prerequisite for many people to fly in one.