2 of 4 in Boeing 737 MAX
2017 / 2020
Public
Boeing · 2017
MAX launch language
“The MAX was presented as a straightforward, well-understood 737 with more efficient engines — a plane airlines already knew how to fly.”
Ridicule is a private safety finding. It does not appear in the AFM. It appears when two people think the only audience is each other.
The tell · Contempt for the design, written before the crash, is not color. It is data.
How this became public: Company-released IM pack; Internet Archive OCR scan.
Keyboard: J / K or ← / → to move. S for sources. Esc leaves the pair.
Pipe: Company release. Company-released IM pack; Internet Archive OCR scan.
Public claim
Boeing, product marketing and certification story
2017 · MAX launch language
Article
Private artifact
Unnamed Boeing employee in company-released IMs, staff discussing flight-management work
2017-04 · Internal instant messages
Exhibit PDF
Default is stay. Originals open in an overlay when we can embed them. A new tab only happens if you ask.