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		braindeath on Dec 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing Weighs Cutting or Halting 737 Max Productio... The data we have is the 737 MAX itself that stands out in the backdrop of ever increasing safety. That happened. The 787 possibly being a safe plane is irrelevant and doesn’t change that. > And yet, air travel today is far safer than it has ever been, the 737 non-withstanding. Boeing doesn’t get to take credit for all the advances in air safety in the past 40 years.

DuskStar on Dec 16, 2019 [–]

> Boeing doesn’t get to take credit for all the advances in air safety in the past 40 years.

No, but they can certainly take credit for some of those advances.

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