Will you fly the 737 Max (eat, vehicle, company)

[pitroad]

(I know this not directly related to the triangle but it will be a decision triangle flyers will have to make in early 2020)

Will you fly the 737 Max once it is re-certified by the FAA (probably March 2020)?

I mostly fly Southwest which has the biggest fleet of 737 Max's and right now I don't think I want to get on one even when they have been blessed.

* a little background on the 737 Max if you aren't familiar with its issues https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/1...lained-reasons

[LLN]

I would be more concerned with the airline rather than the plane. By the time it gets back in the air, you can bet it will be certified to the max (oh, that sounds like a pun, not intended). If it can’t meet certifications, it won’t fly again. Wouldn’t give a 737 Max flight on Southwest a second thought. Good luck.

[MikeJaquish]

I would fly it tomorrow.
With a major real airline that requires and/or offers real pilot training.

[Universe93B]

I would fly it - if there's good pilot training, then it's okay.

What I am more worried about is a major American company that is being degraded everyday - Boeing. On top of that, Boeing is making the space capsule to take future astronauts to the Moon and Mars. I think SpaceX has them beat if you look at all of the research.

And I think that is sad - why is a private company like SpaceX overtaking Boeing for space technology? Look at the big picture - it all relates down to the person taking a flight.

[NM posts]

I'm afraid to fly it.

But would surely forget to find out that it's the plane, so I guess I would fly it.

[TarHeelNick]

I drive on 15-501 and I-40 between exits 273 and 301 on the regular......

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by TarHeelNick

I drive on 15-501 and I-40 between exits 273 and 301 on the regular......

Yeah. I get it. I eat Moon Pies with Circle K coffee while driving....

[pitroad]

Originally Posted by TarHeelNick

I drive on 15-501 and I-40 between exits 273 and 301 on the regular......

Yeah I get it, but you don't have to worry about your vehicle taking control and nose diving into the ground upon takeoff at 150 mph

But to be honest you are probably many-many more times likely to perish on triangle roads then in any aircraft.

[zinner]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

I would fly it tomorrow.
With a major real airline that requires and/or offers real pilot training.

That is a great sentiment, but the system that crashed the planes applied hydraulic pressure a human would not be able to overcome. The only resort was the kill it at the breaker. I haven't been in a 737 Max 8 but i have been in other planes the cockpit ceiling is a sea of circuit breakers. Lets just hope you can find it when the plane has nosed down and you heading to the ground.



I would be more comfortable with a coder that has a proper understanding of flight and doesn't create a code snippet that crashes the plane.

[Edward Teach]

Originally Posted by LLN

I would be more concerned with the airline rather than the plane. By the time it gets back in the air, you can bet it will be certified to the max (oh, that sounds like a pun, not intended). If it can’t meet certifications, it won’t fly again. Wouldn’t give a 737 Max flight on Southwest a second thought. Good luck.

But doesn't that certification come from the same people that certified it to fly in the first place? Why should they be trusted to get it right the second time?