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Boeing needs to get real: the 737 Max should probably be scrapped (theconversation.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL 14 points 11 months ago

Moreover, leaked internal documents from 2015-18 have revealed that employees who worked on the Max planes believed the design was unsound. Hundreds of internal messages showed them referring to the “piss-poor design” and one “designed by clowns” who were “supervised by monkeys”.

Well, that’s . . . not good.