American said earlier this month it was flying about 85 flights a day out of its 6,700 daily departures on 737 MAX planes when the grounding was announced . While the formerly extra-fee software addon has now been made freely available to all owners of the 737 MAX regardless of financial health, many suggest that Boeing's strategy of milking extra cash out of what should have been a standard safety feature puts the aerospace company at fault for the crashes, according to reports.