True. But still the MAX is a bad design.
So as long as the plane is on the market, they should demand stringent training for a pilot to fly the MAX plane. It should be much more thorough compared to previous 737 models.
It should be expensive to train a 737 MAX pilot. Maybe that'll force the airlines to push Boeing for a replacement of the 737 MAX plane.
The incident with the plug is not a design problem, it is a production/maintenance oversight problem. Other recent incidents with Boeing airplanes in general are hyper-sensationalized reporting by the media
It has always been up to the airlines to train and certify their flight crews. I can concede that the MAX has different flight characteristics compared to the legacy 737. That does not make it a bad design or bad plane. It creates a training learning curve for operators as I pointed out in my original post.