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Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by baryphonic »

vikramkr wrote: post #163
jmward01 wrote: post #40

Aviation is safe. An issue happened and appropriate steps have immediately happened and in the end an already incredibly safe industry will be even safer. If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic. Yes, panic. This is not rational or helpful and is a huge reason why aviation is so antiquated. You want flying cars? Stop panicking a…

Airlines aren't safe just because. Weakening FAA regulation, critical issues with flight controller shortages/exhaustion, culture changes at Boeing related to safety, etc all threaten to undo that safety record. The system is not working as it should and statistics don't magically maintain themselves at previous levels.

What's the evidence for weakening FAA regulation?

EDIT: I'm getting downvoted, but I really am curious. It's extremely uncommon for government bureaucracy to roll back regulations, and as far as I can tell from some Googling, the FAA has not done so. So what regulations are being weakened?

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by ibejoeb »

csharpminor wrote: post #31
bmitc wrote: post #7

The unfortunate thing is that they can change it at anytime. So you basically have to avoid airlines that have the MAX in their fleet, such as Southwest.

The only major U.S. airline to not currently operate the MAX is Delta. Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Spirit, and SunCountry also do not operate it.

And Delta has an outstanding order for 100 of them, with delivery scheduled throughout 2025. We'll see if these continued incidents alter that, but I think the inertia is that this is what boeing selling these days. Everyone will have them.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by flashback2199 »

dkarl wrote: post #118
flashback2199 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't matter. Nothing will change unless enough people begin voting with their feet.

That's not true, and we'd get to a much, much worse place if we relied on that. The industry put the current system in place because it could see that airlines would make gruesome compromises if consumer choice was the only thing driving safety.

What do you mean "if", anyone can choose what plane to fly on anytime.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by StreetChief »

jmward01 wrote: post #40

Aviation is safe. An issue happened and appropriate steps have immediately happened and in the end an already incredibly safe industry will be even safer. If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic. Yes, panic. This is not rational or helpful and is a huge reason why aviation is so antiquated. You want flying cars? Stop panicking a…

Boeing manager I imagine?

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by uudecoded »

gruez wrote: post #41
United857 wrote: post #28

For the most reliable info, you can look up your flight number in Flightaware or Flightradar 24 -- those use actual flight plan data, so will take into account any last minute aircraft changes.

>those use actual flight plan data, so will take into account any last minute aircraft changes. But at that point it's too late. I doubt people are that afraid of 737 Max that they'll cancel a flight (and forfeit their ticket) over it.

In Seattle (since Boeing was the largest employer in the state until Amazon succeeded them), there was a common line:

"if it's not Boeing, I'm not going" (See '79 bumper sticker: https://www.ebay.com/itm/332131135342)

Starting to look like it might be the other way around...

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Post by jtokoph »

jacksoncheek wrote: post #115
maddynator wrote: post #101

Can someone tell what stack is used to build this website? I am new to FE and looking to understand how to create simple websites like this, where is the database, how are they connected/hosted, and how much it takes to run them monthly. Thanks in advance

This is a simple Next.js React app, deployed with Vercel. The component library is MUI.

What is your data source?

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by flashback2199 »

baggy_trough wrote: post #189
flashback2199 wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is trivial to see how someone sitting there not seat belted could have perished. You do understand that long stretches of flight allow you to be unseatbelted right?

1. The seat was not destroyed. 2. The door blowing off would not be the only reason; a second reason would be that the person failed to wear the seatbelt.

We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't believe in blaming the user for manufacturing and maintenance errors. I think that makes a bad programmer too, actually.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by inglor_cz »

jmward01 wrote: post #40

Aviation is safe. An issue happened and appropriate steps have immediately happened and in the end an already incredibly safe industry will be even safer. If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic. Yes, panic. This is not rational or helpful and is a huge reason why aviation is so antiquated. You want flying cars? Stop panicking a…

Safety comes in levels, and Boeing MAX 8-9, relatively to Airbus, is less safe than the standard we have come to expect in the 21st century.

I don't doubt that this will be reflected in their future market shares, and panic won't be the underlying reason. No one wants to buy worse stuff for about the same price as better stuff.

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