Originally Posted by Newman55

If the FAA authorizes the max for flight tomorrow, SW will start using it again as soon as possible no matter what arbitrary schedules say. The software and training manuals will be updated, new instrumentation will be installed and plane will fly for many years. The process will be over when the FAA and the regulatory bodies say it is. Could be a few months or more, but it will happen.

I am doubtful that after a few months of service that any significant amount of people book away from the max. Most folks have no idea the difference between and A380 and CRJ200. Nothing is going to change that. The vast majority of people only care about price.