Former Boeing Co. brass and engineers advise against flying on 737 Max

Former Boeing Co. managers and engineers are issuing startling warnings to people to avoid the 737 Max.

“I would absolutely not fly a Max airplane,” said Ed Pierson, a former Boeing senior manager. “I’ve worked in the factory where they were built, and I saw the pressure employees were under to rush the planes out the door. I tried to get them to shut down before the first crash.”

Another said: “I would tell my family to avoid the Max. I would tell everyone, really,” said Joe Jacobsen, a former engineer at Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration. Aviation safety experts have pointed to the blowout of an emergency exit door on an Alaska Airlines 787 Max as just the latest example of a deeper problem at the manufacturer. They say the company needs a cultural change.

Pierson said that returning the Max 9 to service was “another example of poor decision making, and it risks the public safety.” - Los Angeles Times