Sacrificing safety in order to reduce cost is unjustifiable. When you design a multi-layer system, the higher layers should be for enhanced functionalities, not for fixing flaws in lower layers. Boeing designed flawed hardware (yes, it was intentional but that doesn't mean it is not a flaw) and tried to fix the flaw in software.
Then Boeing supplied a flight manual that a pilot described as 'inadequate and almost criminally insufficient', in order to convince customers that moving from older 737s to the MAX does not require extensive retraining. All in all, there is ample evidence that Boeing put profits above safety.
Then Boeing supplied a flight manual that a pilot described as 'inadequate and almost criminally insufficient', in order to convince customers that moving from older 737s to the MAX does not require extensive retraining. All in all, there is ample evidence that Boeing put profits above safety.