Commentary by Donald Trump on the Boeing 737 MAX 8: "Today's planes are too complex to fly"

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, shared with his followers on Twitter his opinion on modern aviation and badured that planes would become "too complex to fly", two days after the accident of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopian Airlines in which 157 people on board died.

"The planes are becoming too complex to fly," tweeted the 72-year-old president. "The pilots are no longer needed, but the computer scientists at MIT," he added ironically, referring to the prestigious Mbadachusetts Institute of Technology.

"I see it all the time in many products, always trying to go further, when the older and simpler is often much better." Instantly, decisions are needed, and complexity creates a danger. All this at great expense and for a very small profit, "he continued.

"I do not know about you, but I do not want Albert Einstein as a pilot. I want excellent flight professionals who can take control of an aircraft easily and quickly! ", He concluded.

Despite the presidential thinking, the United States continues to trust Boeing, unlike half a dozen countries, including China and the United Kingdom, which suspended the use of the 737 MAX 8 and sometimes even banned their airspace after the second accident in a few months with an almost new aircraft this model.

"We continue to participate in the investigation of the accident and to decide what action to take based on the elements collected," said a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). It was a relief for Boeing, whose new aircraft represented a third of profits in 2018.

However, the agency asked the aircraft manufacturer to make modifications to the aircraft, including the MCAS control software designed to prevent the loss of communication.