A damning new report on the 737 Max blames 'inexperienced pilots' and the low-cost airlines that employ them — not Boeing

Boeing has lost more than US$1b since its 737 Max plane was grounded earlier this year following the deaths of 346 people in 2 similar crashes in October and March, according to the company's most recent earnings report. While many have placed the blame for those crashes on faulty Boeing software, a damning report from The New York Times Magazine published Wednesday points to "inexperienced pilots" in both crashes. The magazine's writer at large, William Langewiesche, detailed how the push for international, low-cost air travel had allowed newbie pilots to fly international routes — putting at risk the lives of dozens aboard their jets. After a heady analysis of the pilots' actions, Langewiesche, a former pilot, wrote that these crashes showed "a textbook failure of airmanship." <br/>