"Piss poor design" and "supervised by monkeys": New documents show what Boeing employees really thought of 737 Max

A batch of internal emails and other communications by Boeing employees were released to Congress on Thursday as part of a 100-plus page document, according to CNN, and what these employees said about Boeings 737 Max back in 2017 and 2018 is terrifying. (It wasnt even a year after these communications that two new 737 Max planes crashed within five months of each other, killing 346 people total.)

For example, in April 2017, one employee said the Max was designed by clowns, who in turn are supervised by monkeys, and referred to the plane as having a piss poor design.

And in February 2018, from one employee to another: "Honesty is the only way in this job integrity when lives are on the line on the aircraft and training programs shouldn't be taken with a pinch of salt. Would you put your family on a Max simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn't."

To which the other employee said, No.

Three months later, an employee wrote about some other mishap Boeing was dealing with: "I really would struggle to defend the [simulator] in front of the FAA next week, while another employee wrote: I still haven't been forgiven by god for the covering up I did last year."

From CNN:

The new jet was intended to be similar enough to require only the tablet-based training to bring pilots up to speed on the differences between the old model and the new one. One email included in Thursday's collection of documents from Boeing's chief technical pilot made it clear how crucial it was to the company that the simulator not be required.