All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Saturday, September 19, 2026
Bill Gurley detailed the 737 Max crashes, attributing them to Boeing's secret MCAS software designed to compensate for an imbalanced plane due to large engines. He criticized Boeing and the FAA for being unhelpful in investigations and suggested "regulatory capture" might be at play.
“Boeing had come out with a plane that was incredibly fuel efficient. And they were starting to take share from Airbus. Boeing wanted to respond.”
“So they decided they would attach a fuel efficient engine to an old plane, the 737. That's how you get the name 737 Max crash.”
“So they wrote a piece of software, secret software called MCAS, and they put it in there without telling anybody.”
“Senator Ted Cruz, when he had to head of the FAA in front of the Senate, literally accused him of being captured.”