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Online travel agent allows customers to filter out Boeing 737 Max planes::Kayak customers can exclude Max 9 aircraft after cabin panel blowout on Alaska Airlines flight

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Seems small but something like this could kill this plane as a passenger jet if enough people are avoiding em.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 11 months ago

I'm all for it to be honest. The 737 Max sounds like a death trap, and until Boeing is banned from certifying their own planes nobody should be flying in these IMO.

The FAA needs to start certifying these themselves again, and remove the existing loopholes/exemptions that allow some design changes to avoid recertification

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like capitalism in its best form.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Like clockwork

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it's Boeing, I'm not going.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

If it's Boeing, you're not going, one way or another.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Hardly likely. If enough people start doing it, either airlines will start hiding the plane model, or boeing will rename it after some marketing to show things have changed, and the world will move on.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If this was the first incident with the Max, I'd agree with you.

But repeated issues close together have caused regulators amd the general public to look closer at Boeing as a whole; particularly their inspection, certification, and maintenance practices. I don't think this will go away easily.

I'm starting to see content like this often:

https://youtu.be/hhT4M0UjJcg?si=sKJbR07hUq40UaV0

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yes... this does not seem a problem with Max, but one with Boeing. The US passengers don't really have an option to choose Airbus when most of the airlines' fleet in the US is Boeing.

I don’t think this will go away easily.

We can hope so.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Multiple airlines in the US already have majority Airbus fleets. It’s not quite as hard to avoid as you might think

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Delta is primarily an Airbus fleet. They do not currently fly any 737 MAX planes, though they have ordered 100 Max 10s for delivery starting in 2025.

I'll assume they're being pressured into it by the significant fuel savings the max offers over their current fleet.

Or, if are willing to fly any of the big 3's regional brands it'll be on a regional jet which Boeing doesn't make. Generally those are made by Bombardier or less commonly Embraer. Though, bigger plane means smoother flight.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ll assume they're being pressured into it by the significant fuel savings the max offers over their current fleet.

Perhaps to replace existing 737s. But the Airbus A320neo has similar fuel efficiency with high bypass turbofans.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you on this one. There's public sentiment and then there's market reality. The hard truth is that most people have a need for a practical flight route within a certain window and there's limited choices. Delta, United, etc. only have so many aircraft servicing so many routes and they already bought the aircraft and have to use them. While I'd personally like to avoid the 737 MAX, if it's the only feasible choice, then that's the one I gotta roll the dice on. I guess I'll avoid window seats if possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

don't forget one of those aviator hats with visor, just in case

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah, they will simply sell the planes to other markets. I’m sure there are plenty of non-US airlines willing to gobble up planes at a discount. The pundit and lobby machine would get engaged and magically there would be a big industry bailout to cover the losses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The US is where they're getting away with murder on their certification process. If the FAA cracks down on them, the world will follow the FAA's guidance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

If I recall correctly this is basically what killed the dc-10