Avoiding 737 max in AA?
Oct 4, 2022 | 12:31 am
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Oct 4, 2022 | 7:53 am
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so please Comment,
why don’t they remove the MCAS
(they can’t, because of the design incompatibility. Mcas is an additional variable which shouldn’t be there. It was all about doing it in a rush. All of you defending Boeing are either naive or paid by Boeing. Just like they are spending millions to keep covering everything. Out of the 100 critical incidents logged post feb 2022 , 60 were of Boeing max and there is a lid on it. But this stats can easily be checked if you have the resources to.)
you don’t mind flying, it’s fine, but stop making fun of people who are aware and conscious about it
why don’t they remove the MCAS
(they can’t, because of the design incompatibility. Mcas is an additional variable which shouldn’t be there. It was all about doing it in a rush. All of you defending Boeing are either naive or paid by Boeing. Just like they are spending millions to keep covering everything. Out of the 100 critical incidents logged post feb 2022 , 60 were of Boeing max and there is a lid on it. But this stats can easily be checked if you have the resources to.)
you don’t mind flying, it’s fine, but stop making fun of people who are aware and conscious about it
You asked the question if it's possible to identify if AA has a 737-MAX scheduled on a given flight. It is, trivially, by going to AA.com if BA's booking doesn't show it. The flight you want is scheduled to be a 737-800. Any aircraft assignment can, and often does, change at any time, especially between planes with identical passenger configurations like AA's 738s and 7M8s. There are precious few North American airlines, and no BA partners, on which you can be guaranteed not winding up on a 737-MAX variant on a flight from the US to YYZ (or on nearly any other mainline narrowbody route); I think the odds of getting swapped to a 7M8 are similar on AA to any other North American airline other than Delta or jetBlue. Honestly, what more is there to the thread at this point?
Oct 4, 2022 | 8:34 am
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Oct 12, 2022 | 5:45 pm
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Oct 12, 2022 | 6:00 pm
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Southwest's Pilots Union want cockpit commonality between the variants, as they switch aircraft frequently, sometimes touching as many as 5 airframes in a day because of their short haul network. The have 100+ Max's on order and don't want them to be required to have the new pilot notification system resulting in significant operational differences when going from one aircraft to another.
https://simpleflying.com/swapa-suppo...ion-extension/
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Oct 12, 2022 | 6:57 pm
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Utter misrepresentation:
Southwest's Pilots Union want cockpit commonality between the variants, as they switch aircraft frequently, sometimes touching as many as 5 airframes in a day because of their short haul network. The have 100+ aircraft Max's on order and don't want them to be required to have the new pilot notification system resulting in significant operational differences when going from one aircraft to another.
https://simpleflying.com/swapa-suppo...ion-extension/
Southwest's Pilots Union want cockpit commonality between the variants, as they switch aircraft frequently, sometimes touching as many as 5 airframes in a day because of their short haul network. The have 100+ aircraft Max's on order and don't want them to be required to have the new pilot notification system resulting in significant operational differences when going from one aircraft to another.
https://simpleflying.com/swapa-suppo...ion-extension/
Oct 12, 2022 | 7:02 pm
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It certainly has nothing to do with "grounding" though.
The really interesting part is AA's pilots union taking the opposite position, insisting the new system be required, knowing it will have minimal impact on AA while kneecapping Southwest.
Jan 6, 2024 | 8:43 am
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I am with you! Boeing aircraft continue to have too many problems. Boeing is like most all US companies . . . It is all about the shareholders and the hell with everyone else. I’m okay with Airbus, CRJ-9 or E175.
Jan 6, 2024 | 8:47 am
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My guess is that the AS incident will turn out to be a very specific isolated failure not related to any of the previous Max issues. As of now I would have no concerns about flying it.
Jan 6, 2024 | 8:49 am
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