Boeing 737 Max ?

[PickleB]

............... and there's more:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57028687

It just plain stinks doesn't it? Your life in their hands?

From that article: "Boeing and the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration say they are working closely". Wasn't their relationship part of the problem in the first place?

[tixntox]

From Boeing :-

"The in-service reliability is greater than 99%, and is consistent with other commercial airplane models".

Surely not all the brand spanking new ones? That would make flying a bit of a lottery in terms of safety. One in a hundred, on a new aeroplane, not good odds IMHO.

[Tatters]

There is a huge difference between 99.01 % and 99.99 % reliability, yet both are greater than 99 %.

[Chris_in_the_UK]

From Boeing :-

"The in-service reliability is greater than 99%, and is consistent with other commercial airplane models".

Surely not all the brand spanking new ones? That would make flying a bit of a lottery in terms of safety. One in a hundred, on a new aeroplane, not good odds IMHO.

Given they claim 24,000 flights per day for Boeing aircraft.

[pacifichrono]

Mrs. PC and I faced "triple jeopardy" a couple weeks ago returning from Hawaii. Our scheduled return flight aboard Alaska Airlines was cancelled the day before departure. We had the option of spending another ten hours at the small Maui airport, then catching a plane to Seattle (arriving at 6am), then transferring to another plane four hours later for the final 1,200 mile flight to San Diego.

Instead, we opted to fly nonstop on our original schedule to San Diego with Southwest Airlines instead of Alaska.

The "triple jeopardy:"

1. The flight was on Southwest, which has recently been grounded by numerous maintenance failures.
2. The Captain of our plane was a woman.
3. The plane was a 737 MAX 8.

We had a perfect flight, early arrival, and an 'excellent' landing in San Diego by our pilot.

[tixntox]

[*]The Captain of our plane was a woman.[*]The plane was a 737 MAX 8.[/LIST]
We had a perfect flight, early arrival, and an 'excellent' landing in San Diego by our pilot.

Maybe this one? :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjJXxurSZ8o

Cool as a cucumber!

[TKH]

“Downfall” the MAX story now out on Netflix…

All i can say is wow…staggering and shocking.

[ELD1970]

“Downfall” the MAX story now out on Netflix…

All i can say is wow…staggering and shocking.

Thanks just watched it…very good


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[mikeveal]

1. The flight was on Southwest, which has recently been grounded by numerous maintenance failures.
2. The Captain of our plane was a woman.
3. The plane was a 737 MAX 8.

How disgracefully sexist! Hang your head in shame.
Women make excellent pilots.
There are no roundabouts & no parallel parking for them to worry about afterall.