Boeing 737 Max production suspended
 

Ouch!

From what was such a fine company with a superb past reputation- “If it isn’t Boeing, I’m not going” - a truly awful modern day example of how not to do things.

Great shame.

The 737 prior to the MAX is also being checked for "Pickle Fork" cracks too! :icon_question: I was on one in October!:icon_rolleyes:

Noted that the FAA had notice of the faults - that's going to be a lot of money to those with a lot of heartache!

Its going to need a lot of ''fixing'' to get customer confidence back. I know if I was flying anywhere in the near future and I was told that was my mode of transport I would be very worried.

Apparently the airlines are pushing to get them as they have costed in the savings these aircraft are supposed to bring them.

Personally, no. The US and Boeing can keep it. The pair of them are well over due a drag to the court of decency. :flushed:

I still do a fair amount of flying. On 17 Feb, I am flying from Nairobi to Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines on a Boeing 737-800, then connecting to London on an Ethiopian Airlines A350. I am fairly confident the planes won't crash. I would not feel the same flying on a 737 Max, no, no, no.

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The 737-800 certainly won't crash because of MCAS, it doesn't have it. However any system can malfunction and a successful outcome can depend on how the crew respond to it, easy to say with hindsight I know but some do argue that the events which grounded the 737 MAX are a case in point. The quality of a company and its crew are paramount to safe flying though personally I do think that Boeing and the relevant authorities dropped the ball re MCAS. :oops:

Nothing new here, simply yet another example of the continuing and inevitable decline of American manufacturing.

Thank you Steve for the reassurance. I don’t disagree with the strong point you make about crew training in the event of a malfunction. With your insights into the industry, do you have a favourite airline jet you would feel safe flying in?