Risk is hypothetical and Boeing will have had to submit various documents to the FAA describing the possible outcomes and the likelihood of those happening. Ris

Risk is hypothetical and Boeing will have had to submit various documents to the FAA describing the possible outcomes and the likelihood of those happening. Risk can also be managed by pilots doing manual checks. Boeing got an exemption for the existing MAX-8 and MAX-9 planes with the same issue, and are allowed to continue shipping new planes of those with the issue. This isn't really that big of a deal IMO, planes fly with stuff broken all the time, it's why they have minimum equipment lists. Planes are enormously complex with thousands of systems onboard, it would be kind of surprising if everything worked all of the time. To not allow shipping MAX 7s with the same issue would be a bit odd, if it's serious enough the planes should either be grounded across the board, or at least not shipping new MAX 8s and MAX 9s.