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Old Jun 21, 2014 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by tireman77
I try to avoid MD-80s due to their inherent design flaw with the jack screw. That being said, increased inspection and maintenance procedures has resulted in no major issues since 2000. For the OP's concern MD-80s are essentially the same size as the 737s. In terms of stability in turbulence, noise, ext, there are no reasons for choosing one over the other.
The jack screw failure on AS261 was (A) a result of faulty maintenance procedures and (B) a one-time event. You might as well avoid all 737s because of their never-explained uncontrolled rudder incidents, associated with multiple fatal crashes (UA585, US427, etc.).
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