[ldoughty]

A plane that has a perfect track record now may not be perfect from now on.

Meanwhile, a plane with a bad track record right now may never have another incident from now on.

So, the 737 MAX may have 2 crashes now... but every other major plane might have that many crashes (or more) over the next 30-40 years. This would make the 737 Max "One of the safest planes" generally speaking.

[vlovich123]

Maybe but the A380 had already been flying for 17 years. It seems unlikely that it’s going to have foundational issues with the program at this point vs normal things that would apply to any airplane like airlines not maintaining the air craft properly or pilot error / suicide by pilot.