Psychology drives how people react to risk, especially when the stakes are high; and the stakes associated with Boeing’s 737 Max planes are high. The 737 Max has been the best-selling plane in Boeing’s history. Given the time between the two 737 Max 8 air crashes, the daily fatality rate from the two crashes is 2.6 per day. The 737 Max has certainly had an inauspicious beginning, as did Boeing’s Dreamliner. If the past is prologue, the kinks in the 737 Max will eventually get worked out.

Source: Forbes March 17, 2019 06:11 UTC