the 737 max is probably the safest plane in the world right now. like jack in the box was actually the safest place in the world to eat right after they were serving the ecoli burger
American Airlines Is Quietly Bringing Back the 737Max
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#12737Max is certainly tainted now. But will that last forever? And do non-HN-aviation-geek consumers really care enough to check the model of the plane they'll be flying on, let alone make a flight decision based on the model?
Certainly another crash could be devastating to the model.
But was the 737Max a poorly designed death trap rushed to production or a super safe airplane with a single fatal flaw?
Time will tell...
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#13Is there any way to know what kind of aircraft you'll be boarding when purchasing tickets? I've never paid attention until now, and the 737-Max is definitely a non-starter.
Just curious, what would it take for you to get on a 737-Max? European and American regulators have gone over it with a fine tooth comb at this point and allow it to fly. There is always gonna be people that will say the plane shouldn't fly. Arguably the amount of attention this plane has gotten will probably make it one of the safest in the industry going forward.
Is it not an intrinsically imbalanced aircraft?
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#14Is there any way to know what kind of aircraft you'll be boarding when purchasing tickets? I've never paid attention until now, and the 737-Max is definitely a non-starter.
Just curious, what would it take for you to get on a 737-Max? European and American regulators have gone over it with a fine tooth comb at this point and allow it to fly. There is always gonna be people that will say the plane shouldn't fly. Arguably the amount of attention this plane has gotten will probably make it one of the safest in the industry going forward.
I suppose it boils down to whether you have confidence in the FAA of 2020 to make a decision that would be strongly against the financial interests of Boeing and many US carriers.
I think the Max will crash again. Excuse me, the 737-8 will crash again.
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#15the 737 max is probably the safest plane in the world right now. like jack in the box was actually the safest place in the world to eat right after they were serving the ecoli burger
Would you have said that before and after the first Lion Air 737 Max crash prior to the Ethopian crash?
Certainly a lot of people have spent a lot of time looking into a lot of the plane's systems. But are there more fundamental issues that can't or haven't been addressed?
Those same people spent a lot of time prior to certification looking into the plane...
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#16the 737 max is probably the safest plane in the world right now. like jack in the box was actually the safest place in the world to eat right after they were serving the ecoli burger
Neither of those statements are true
Re: American Airlines Is Quietly Bringing Back the 737Max
#17737Max is certainly tainted now. But will that last forever? And do non-HN-aviation-geek consumers really care enough to check the model of the plane they'll be flying on, let alone make a flight decision based on the model? Certainly another crash could be devastating to the model. But was the 737Max a poorly designed death trap rushed to production or a super safe airplane with a single fatal flaw? Time will tell..…
Certianlly not just a single flaw. They found and fixed multiple other flaws while checking though everything for re-certification.
In my opinion, the 737Max is probably one of the safest planes right now, simply because of the amount of scrutiny it's been though.
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#18Is there any way to know what kind of aircraft you'll be boarding when purchasing tickets? I've never paid attention until now, and the 737-Max is definitely a non-starter.
Just curious, what would it take for you to get on a 737-Max? European and American regulators have gone over it with a fine tooth comb at this point and allow it to fly. There is always gonna be people that will say the plane shouldn't fly. Arguably the amount of attention this plane has gotten will probably make it one of the safest in the industry going forward.
Nothing more than approval by relevant authorities. Once I use a different treshold than that, it becomes very difficult to fly at all.
I mean all else being equal (Two planes to London leaving at almost exactly the same time and exactly the same cost) then perhaps I'd prefer the A32X. But the point is all else isn't equal. It becomes a matter of how many hundred you want to spend to fly the Airbus. Or how many hours you want to spend at the airport waiting for the non-Max flight. And I'll happily take the MAX if it saves me 30 minutes or $20. And I'll take my family along too without hesitation.
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#19the 737 max is probably the safest plane in the world right now. like jack in the box was actually the safest place in the world to eat right after they were serving the ecoli burger
There's a similar tenet for purchasing refurbished hardware. The supplier only wants to stomach a single RMA, so they will put in the effort to make sure the re-certified doesn't ever come back.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just curious, what would it take for you to get on a 737-Max? European and American regulators have gone over it with a fine tooth comb at this point and allow it to fly. There is always gonna be people that will say the plane shouldn't fly. Arguably the amount of attention this plane has gotten will probably make it one of the safest in the industry going forward.
Since the plane is aerodynamically flawed by design. I'll never step foot on one.
But its not?