Originally Posted by
Tomaski
It is entirely possible to believe the following things simultaneously:
1. Boeing really, really screwed up the MAX design process.
2. The FAA really, really dropped the ball when it came to oversight, and other certificate authorities were too prone to trust them.
3. The maintenance process at Lion Air had some glaring deficiencies.
4. The current training regime present at many airlines does not properly equip pilots to deal with problems that present ambiguous symptoms.
I think it would be a shame not to address each of these.
That is true as far as it goes. However, 2 and 4 apply widely and the overall safety trend has been positive for many years. Then one airplane type enters service...