I’m leaving aa for delta. Not going to lie, delta not flying the max was a pro when I did a pro con list

The re-introduction to service will no doubt be accompanied by a slew of marketing efforts focused on safety, quality commitment, and flight deck training.

If they're clever, AA won't harp too much on which routes they're throwing it on since the average consumer will have hopefully either forgotten or won't have a clue.

Not OASIS? :rolleyes:

The joys of AA. Come fly the max, and oh by the way enjoy our no leg room but def superior interior Courtesy of project oasis

have fun with that

And then of course the opportunity for some zero G experience followed by immediate death.

Yeah, hard pass on the MAX. Not flying on one in my life.

I suspect that Boeing are trying extremely hard to have conversion certification via tablet and avoid the need for full Pilot Simulator Training.

In my reading this month, it seems those pilots involved in recent simulation tests of the changes are not responding in the ways Boeing would prefer.

One would think Boeing should have learned its lesson by now and should be willing to go above and beyond in fully retraining crews and re-certifying the aircraft. The fact that they’re *still* dragging their feet and trying to save money is quite troubling and speaks to the current culture at Boeing.

WSJ reports Boeing considering “pausing” MAX production:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-...on-11576448990

Since the WSJ is behind a paywall here is the CNBC article that sums it up.

Would honestly not surprise me if a non-trivial number of businesses are telling Concur/CWT/etc. to not show itineraries with segments on the MAX. It also would not surprise me if AA's been told by some corporations that renewal of travel contracts will be tied to the ability to guarantee that their employees won't be flying on MAXs until the type has a couple of years in service without an incident globally, in which case I'd expect the MAXs to be kept on leisure-heavy routes for months after return to service.

At this point, I am starting to wonder (while probably highly unlikely) - what if the MAX doesn't get approved to come back into service?

I overheard a couple of AA pilots chatting on a hotel shuttle at DFW a couple of days ago. One said he heard they may do something with the pylons and turn them back to 737-800's.
Disclaimer: I know not of what I speak in this matter.....

As of today, new production has been suspended (although WIP may still finish; unclear at the moment) with some discussion that viable certification may not occur until year-end.

Sure enough the whispers became true.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/busin...ion/index.html

Stock down 4%.