Taking Off from Chicago O'Hare on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 

50,000 loose bolts flying in tight formation

Why were the ONLY two 737MAX crashes with third-world Airlines? Flying an airplane that up until the time of the crashes had experienced ZERO incidents. After a year of test flights and data-gathering, the MAX gained certification from the FAA in March 2017, followed by other global regulators later that month. By May 2018, a year after the first delivery, more than 130-MAX's were in service with 28-different airlines around the world and had flown almost 42,000 flights. With ZERO incidents Before the second crash, there were nearly 50-carriers that were operating the MAX. Using it for an estimated 8,600 flights per week. With no ZERO incidents. That the FAA and EASA didn't know about MCAS, a meme being pushed by BOEING BASHERS and the MSM, is bovine excrement. Although Boeing did not call MCAS out by that name, the Boeing Flight Crew Operation Manual (FCOM) described the function in detail, and how to override it. And 50-carriers crews had no problems with understanding it. The FCOM was successfully used by 50-carriers to train crews in flying the new 737 variant. Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines with their low-time inexperienced pilots and with inadequate management of their crew training - ruined the safety record of a perfectly safe airplane. The fuselage plug issue occurred in ONE airplane, out of 1,420 delivered and after flying over 100,000 incident free flights! The plane and crew handled the incident perfectly. Nobody was hurt. Not even a sticking plaster was needed in this "disaster"! Boeing and Spirit will take remedial action - and the 737MAX will go on to be as safe as any other commercial aircraft currently flying. Boeing has 4,031 MAX aircraft in its order backlog. You think these folks who fly these wonderful airplanes every day for a living think the MAX is dangerous? Yeah right! Crossing the street, or driving one's car to get groceries, is 1,000 times more likely to get you killed than flying in a Boeing 737MAX. This is just an over-the-top, hysterical, hyperbolic nonsense coming from woke folk who want to live a life of 100% safety! Better stay at home and sit on their couch!