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A bit of clickbait. Yes they've added the option to filter out 737 Max 9, but also a bunch of older Boeing and Airbus planes
I just checked this myself:
The last few incidents with the MAX series has me on edge with them. I fly planes myself (GA) and am an aviation geek. It's only 3 incidents but it seems like they rushed the MAX out too quickly to compete with Airbus. I could be really wrong.
The MAX 8 series was the one where they had additional software to correct the climb and this caused two accidents of total loss in passenger planes Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopians Flight 302.
Then we have the MAX 9 that had a door blow off because of a missing door plug. Thankfully, no deaths and only minor injuries.
If Boeing were extremely smart, they would replace the 737 with a net new design serving the same market segment. The 737 just sits too low to the ground. The giant LEAP engines were shoehorned on where they shouldn't have been and two planes full of people are dead because of it. With the open rotor engines likely to be the next evolution, I'm not even sure they couldn't put those on the 737.
Add in that the 737-900ER has the same door plug design, it makes me wonder if it is rational to fear the Max 9 specifically. I would actually prefer to fly a max 9 that was forced to have a recent inspection instead of the older 737-900ER that recently had scrutiny for the same door if my fear was the door plug itself.
I have a flight in a MAX 7 in a couple of weeks. 🙃
That plane hasn't even been certified. I guess Aeromexico got a good deal on planes that were supposed to be delivered to Southwest
For what it's worth... Neither the FAA nor ICAO certify Boeing... Boeing certifies themselves!
In all honesty, you should be good to go. FAA and aviation companies have made the required changes and updates.
But is the option to filter by plane model itself new?
If you're adding a filter so people can avoid a certain plane, it makes sense to add more than one model of plane.
You're asking a good question, but I don't have the answer. I don't usually use Kayak.
There's more than just safety reasons to avoid specific model of plane. While both are Boeing, a First Class seat on a United 737 (of any variety) is a subpar experience compared to a First Class seat on a United 787. If you're making a long trip and paying the top dollar for that, filtering out the 737s and A320 planes makes a lot of sense.
Dude I've never been on an A380 this may be my chance