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FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s

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Re: FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s

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Post by mattmaroon »

MadnessASAP wrote: post #341
csours wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Things like this are always alarming until you learn the base rate. Unfortunately, I cannot find a quick reference for this, but many many flights take off with some anomaly noted in the technical log book.

I can't link you an independent source just my word as an aircraft mechanic. I have never seen a 100% serviceable aircraft, as far as I'm concerned a aircraft where everything works to spec and the spec works to needs is a myth that we strive for but can never achieve.

Given the number of parts on one, it would be impossible for them all to be working perfectly at once.

Re: FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s

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Post by sumanthvepa »

brewdad wrote: post #116
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #104

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Has there been any push to break up Boeing?

Boeings breaking up is how we got here.

I know we're not supposed to be funny on this website. But that just broke me up.

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Post by VBprogrammer »

algesten wrote: post #360
rootusrootus wrote: post #82

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What makes it the best? I've flown on it, and it seems nice enough, though it isn't the most comfortable airliner I've flown on. It's certainly the biggest! But there are only what, 250 or so that were put into service? It's hard to have a strong opinion about a plane in such a small niche.

For me the A380 is the most comfortable. I'm slightly scared of flying, and turbulence making the entire plane jump around makes it that much worse. I'm only speculating, but I think it might be the sheer bulk of the A380 making it the smoothest rides I've ever been on.

Flying the A380 doesn't even feel like flying. Even the takeoff roll is sedate.

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Post by 101008 »

nerdjon wrote: post #228
ugiox wrote: post #151

How to avoid the 737 Max? Fly only airlines that don’t have it. Luckily there are still a few around in Europe. Since the two fatal crashes I have avoided doing flights with 737s.

I have made the decision that unless I absolutely can’t avoid it I am avoiding Boeing for the near future entirely. But a 737 max is full no go for me no matter what the situation is. I will do multiple stops before stepping foot on one. Personally I fly exclusively JetBlue in the US and they use Airbus almost exclusively. They have a few of whatever that other brand is. No Boeing.

I have booked a 10 hours flight to NYC with Americna Airlines and I think the craft is a 772-boeing 777. Should it be OK? I am scared now...

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Post by mattmaroon »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #236
thfuran wrote: post #215

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And it's not like driving is especially safe. It's just that traffic deaths are so routine that they're not generally widely reported, while pretty much every major issue with an airplane gets national attention. In the US, traffic deaths amount to the equivalent of a fully loaded 747 lost with all hands every couple days.

Whether it’s true or not, I feel like I control my fate when driving a lot more than when flying. I can take precautions (defensive driving, avoiding bad conditions, etc.) but have little to no control once I board a plane.

It is true that you control your fate more when driving. Once the door shuts on the plane you have little ability to do anything other than get yourself arrested.

That’s part of WHY air travel is safer.

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Post by purerandomness »

panick21_ wrote: post #291
bsimpson wrote: post #130

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Didn't AOL buy Netscape? There's a long list of companies that died by being acquired into a bad culture. OP is talking about the opposite: an acquisition so toxic it rots the parent company.

Netscape died because browser became a utility in the OS.

It's not that simple.

Netscape died because Microsoft bundled their browser with the operating system and made it free for commercial use, what essentially led to the huge antitrust case.

Only after that did browsers become utilities in the OS, with open source engines like Konqueror's KHTML (which later became WebKit, which later became Blink) and Netscape/Mozilla's Gecko

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Post by Ayesh »

ugiox wrote: post #151

How to avoid the 737 Max? Fly only airlines that don’t have it. Luckily there are still a few around in Europe. Since the two fatal crashes I have avoided doing flights with 737s.

I'm bored while waiting for my flight to take off in KLIA2 airport that AirAsia uses as its base. Their whole fleet is A320s. If the A320sbwere to be grounded, this airline will be pretty much done for.

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Post by hasperdi »

brcmthrowaway wrote: post #257

How does Embraer compare to Boeing/Airbus? Why don't they take Boeing's position in the market?

Embraer was a smaller manufacturer, much smaller than Boeing. The had some success, but it was tough for them to compete with Boeing, especially because Boeing bullied them through regulators. They outmanoeuvred Boeing by letting Airbus buy them for 1 dollar. Now Embraer planes are rebranded as Airbus 200 series
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