Tell me again about all the awesomeness of deregulation?
I was thinking more like we are witnessing the awesomeness of cost cutting.
It's both public, at the FAA, cutting them to the bone, to the point where they are no longer able to perform the oversight they were supposed to do. But it's also private, at Boeing, prompting them to make take the cheaper and faster choice, stretching the ancient 737 design way past its limits to make the Max, when they should have done it properly and started with a clean sheet modern design.
The result is that both the "fiscal conservatives" among lawmakers, and Boeing's shareholders are happy. The rest of us are left to mourn the lives lost as a consequence of this.