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Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today

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Re: Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today

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I’ve noticed both Google flights and Southwest both have removed the generation number from the plane description. Now it just lists 737, without -300/700/800/Max etc

I booked Southwest recently and it said Boeing 737-800 for me.

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So the findings in this Senate report are just going to be ignored? ( https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189609/faa-boeing-737-... )

To quote: ""Boeing “inappropriately coached” some FAA test pilots to reach a desired outcome during the re-certification tests, and some were even performed on simulators that weren’t equipped to re-create the same conditions as the crashes. ""

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I’ve noticed both Google flights and Southwest both have removed the generation number from the plane description. Now it just lists 737, without -300/700/800/Max etc

This is deceptive, intentionally.

No matter if the vehicle is safe to fly or not, some people may not feel comfortable flying on one. The only justification of overturning 80+ years of airliner industry precedent in eliminating the specific vehicle type from the descriptions is to deceive.

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I’ve noticed both Google flights and Southwest both have removed the generation number from the plane description. Now it just lists 737, without -300/700/800/Max etc

I booked Southwest recently and it said Boeing 737-800 for me.

Is that after you’ve paid ? Trying the booking workflow on mobile now I don’t see it anywhere

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post #4

So the findings in this Senate report are just going to be ignored? ( https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189609/faa-boeing-737-... ) To quote: ""Boeing “inappropriately coached” some FAA test pilots to reach a desired outcome during the re-certification tests, and some were even performed on simulators that weren’t equipped to re-create the same conditions as the crashes. ""

What are a few hundred lives compared to millions of dollars? /s

Boeing cares, first and foremost, about the bottom line. It doesn't surprise me that money beats safety for them.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I booked Southwest recently and it said Boeing 737-800 for me.

Is that after you’ve paid ? Trying the booking workflow on mobile now I don’t see it anywhere

On desktop you can click the flight number and the pop up shows the scheduled aircraft model.

Re: Boeing 737 Max to Resume Flying U.S. Passengers Today

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I’ve noticed both Google flights and Southwest both have removed the generation number from the plane description. Now it just lists 737, without -300/700/800/Max etc

This doesn't appear to be true? https://ibb.co/sWTWsnb

Maybe depends on what data the airline provides or desktop vs mobile https://ibb.co/3pdMY7m
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