My take on this is that I just don't know whether the plane has a design flaw or not. I'm not an aeronautical engineer, pilot, or anything but a layman.

From that point of view though, seeing two major crashes on a new aircraft within months of each other make me think something's wrong. This is particularly true when you consider how rare it is nowadays to see loss of life accidents like this.

It's enough to want me to avoid the aircraft when I book. Why would I want to fly a MAX when when there are plenty of well tested 737s, 757s, and A320s in service?

However, that largely isn't a problem for me as I usually fly AS (who doesn't have any MAX's yet) and take occasional short haul connecting flights in Europe on operators who use A319/20/21s as their short-haul equipment. But if faced with it, I'll choose the older plane until the authorites demonstrate that the plane is safe.