And also, the MAX would not exist at all, because the flagship customer (Southwest) had basically said, "If it requires pilot retraining, we won't buy it." The

And also, the MAX would not exist at all, because the flagship customer (Southwest) had basically said, "If it requires pilot retraining, we won't buy it." There's plenty of blame to go around, up to and including the society that says it's ok to not pay a living wage to the working class because "infinite downward price pressure is good for consumers" (until they die in a plane crash, that is).