[biker1]

There is no such thing as "totally safe". That would imply a zero chance of an incident that causes death or injury. What you can say is that a serious design flaw was corrected and the plane has been certified by the FAA and EASA, just like every other plane that is in commercial use today. About 80% of plane accidents are caused by human error. If you want to reduce your risk of death then don't fly airlines from third-world countries. There is a significantly higher rate of incidents than with airlines from developed countries. The make and model of the plane is not nearly as important as who is flying the plane and maintaining the plane.

Originally Posted by PennBF

As a very frequent flyer and experienced many many issue with flights, as they say the bottom line is why risk your life with out knowing the aircraft is totally safe? I have read some comments which have said, "in my opinion", "CBS has reported", "the pilots could have...", "I know a pilot and he/she said", etc etc. Not one of these person's and the many others who commented were on the plane, or in the cockpit so all is a guess! Some poster's say it was the MCAS, some say it was pilot error, some blame the stabilizer, some say it could have been be avoided if only the pilots did XYZ, some say it was moving the engines up on the wings, some even say it was all these things. Again, bottom line..Why ever get on a plane that "may have one or many" of these potential faults? Proof is in the pudding. Show me 2 or more years of flight time without any serious report able problems and it "may" be prudent to fly on that aircraft!!! Otherwise, why risk your life without solid facts and multi hours of problem free aircraft issues. I then may get on one of these suspect planes.