By this point, you’re used to airlines charging you fees for extras that should probably be included in the base price. Well, it turns out that plane manufacturers do the same thing to the airlines. NYT: Doomed Boeing Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Company Sold Only as Extras.

+ Retuers: “The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight did not get a chance to practice on his airline’s new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 before he died in a crash with 157 others.”