Obviously we're all reading whatever we can find about the MAX, and other Boeing aircraft, in the light of events of the last couple of days. I must admit that I find myself conflicted in my feeling for Boeing. The 747 and 767 were awesome aircraft, with incredible records over a long period. The 777 is a wonderful machine, and I really wish QF had gone that way back around 2000.
The 737 though, is really a relic. Every time I've ridden in the coughpit of one, I've been left wondering what era I'm in. Boeing's failure to properly update the coughpit has left mix of items that would have been familiar to a pilot in 1963...mixed with fancy new tech. The great god, commonality, was supposedly the reason for this design stasis, but they would have been so much better off if they'd told Southwest to go jump. Now we are seeing software fixes on an aircraft that is pre FBW...the kludges continue.
Airbus, of course, have their own failings. After almost 10 years of flying one, there are things that I'd change if I could...but, not all that much. The flight control behaviour is safe and generally quite logical..even though some is French logic.