American Airlines plans customer tours of Boeing 737 Max and pilot calls to boost confidence in jets

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5. I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to the story that hasn't been revealed yet

The first crash was Lion Air which is a horrible airline.

The second crash was Ethiopian Airlines and the first officer had a grand total of 361 hours of which 207 was in the 737. In the US you can't even fly pipeline patrol in a single engine plane in visual conditions with less than 250 hours. They put a 154 hour pilot behind the controls of a multi-engine transport category jet flying in all weather conditions with 150 passengers. That was literally an accident waiting to happen on that basis alone.

Now I'm not saying aircraft design issues and training issues didn't contribute to the crash, but I'm not convinced either of these crashes would have happened with a fully competent crew operating inside a professional organization.