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I dunno, I would trust it more. Like when the IBM Deskstar drive line had a huge failure which tanked their reputation, I bought the next model line because they have to be extra careful not to screw up again. They were then the most reliable drives (until getting bought by Hitachi and then WD, but whatever). Anecdotal of course, but it makes logical sense to me to go in on the reputation saving product after an established engineering brand loses face.

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This is just dumb. The plane has a compromised design that they tried to paper over with software.

None of the design issues have gone away with better software.

None of the management and engineering culture problems have gone away at Boeing. And even if they had done a 180 on both, this particular plane is still compromised.

All they did is the minimum amount of work to be able to fly again.

This. I am not enough of an expert to evaluate the flaws, so my safe bet is - avoid flying in them.

I gain nothing by flying in those planes where I can find good alternative flights, so why risk it, even if the risk is very low?

  I dunno, I would trust it more

Why? You're right that the MAX has been scrutinized, however the two remaining MAX variants (-7 and -10) have not been certified post-MCAS. Think about it. The regulatory agencies have looked at the MAX and decided it is not appropriate to certify it as-is. Deliveries of the two variants (-8 and -9) that have been certified with a wink and a nod have been suspended yet again due to Boeing's inability to do their I's and cross their T's.

And, really, even if the MAX were a stellar plane it still doesn't meet the same crash standards that any newer aircraft (including the A320) has to meet. Your C-series or A320 have seats and floor structures designed to withstand forces of up to 16Gs. The 737? Grandfathered in with 9G seats. It's long past time to retire the 737. It's one thing to keep flying them until the wings fall off, but it's another to sell brand new 737s in 2023.

What the whole 737 MAX/MCAS debacle highlighted was that the 737 is a design that is more than 50 years old, and that Boeing can only update it within strict limits, because otherwise it would need a new type certificate, which airlines with massive only-737 fleets like Southwest or Ryanair want to avoid at all cost. So, even with the particularly egregious problem which crashed two planes fixed, my trust in the 737 has diminished considerably.

From experience (personal, our data center operations and Backblaze yearly drive stats [0]) WD is one of the best, if not the best hard drive vendor for quite some time.

Seagate tanked their reputation, but IronWolf Pros seem to work well, too.

[0]: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-202...

Edit: BTW, HGST is WD, too. :)

Boeing is not IBM of that era. Far from it.

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