the safety statistics have generally improved as new aircraft come out. however, the problem with the max -- and again it was the max 8 that had two crashes. but the max 9 is very similar. in layman's terms, it's just a little bit bigger. but it's also a variation of the 737 -- that's quite an aberration. that is not usually how it goes. the dc 10, which is oh, boy, i'm giving away how long i've been doing this. but the dc10, 30, 40 years ago didn't have a good start and it