Free changes now! (was: Southwest refusing to accommodate people who afraid of MAX8)
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EDIT 945pm ET: Obviously this was not publicly confirmed Monday.
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But nobody is being forced to fly on any particular airfcraft [unless, perhaps, when a passenger is being deported!]. I have seen passengers being removed from flights, but I have never seen any passenger being forced onto a plane.
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I have four flights in the next month on MAX. Southwest better let me change it or I will make sure everyone at the gate area know that the flight is 737MAX that's crashed twice in Asia. WN can't possibly let this go on. It's none of my concern that Boeing, Southwest, and the FAA look bad because the Chinese acted first. Whether the Chinese acted due to politics or genuine concern for passengers doesn't matter to me either. I don't want to fly on 737MAX anymore and I will not be charged extra for changing flights.
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From SW fleet stats, it appears that all of SW MAX8 planes have tail numbers starting with N87, as in N87xxx. Knowing nothing about how these numbers are assigned, I don't know whether other types of SW planes might also carry the same starting numbers. Of course, making a travel determination based on the tail number of the plane you are waiting to board is truly waiting until the last minute.
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I have four flights in the next month on MAX. Southwest better let me change it or I will make sure everyone at the gate area know that the flight is 737MAX that's crashed twice in Asia. WN can't possibly let this go on. It's none of my concern that Boeing, Southwest, and the FAA look bad because the Chinese acted first. Whether the Chinese acted due to politics or genuine concern for passengers doesn't matter to me either. I don't want to fly on 737MAX anymore and I will not be charged extra for changing flights.
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This is 100% false. 3 clicks on FlightAware will show you that WN, AA, UA and many others have MAX planes in the air right now. https://flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B38M and https://flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B39M
CNN was reporting this a couple hours ago: USA carriers have grounded the MAX, with WN having 31 such aircraft, AA 22, and UA 21 in their fleets. Maybe the grounding is effective tomorrow or perhaps they're being flown back to hubs or airports with suitable maintenance or even just lots of cheap parking space for aircraft.
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AA did not ground any MAX aircraft. The 14 737s that are grounded are of the 737-800 variety.
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I have four flights in the next month on MAX. Southwest better let me change it or I will make sure everyone at the gate area know that the flight is 737MAX that's crashed twice in Asia. WN can't possibly let this go on. It's none of my concern that Boeing, Southwest, and the FAA look bad because the Chinese acted first. Whether the Chinese acted due to politics or genuine concern for passengers doesn't matter to me either. I don't want to fly on 737MAX anymore and I will not be charged extra for changing flights.
OT, but when did Africa get annexed into Asia?
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I have four flights in the next month on MAX. Southwest better let me change it or I will make sure everyone at the gate area know that the flight is 737MAX that's crashed twice in Asia. WN can't possibly let this go on. It's none of my concern that Boeing, Southwest, and the FAA look bad because the Chinese acted first. Whether the Chinese acted due to politics or genuine concern for passengers doesn't matter to me either. I don't want to fly on 737MAX anymore and I will not be charged extra for changing flights.
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According to FlightAware, WN has only cancelled 92 flights today.....
By this time on Saturday, they had already cancelled 143 flights.
They are actually running better today than Saturday...although they still have the highest number of flights cancelled in the US by far.
United has cancelled 6 flights today in comparison.
If they ground the 737Max, Southwest's existing 'operational issues' are going to compound.
By this time on Saturday, they had already cancelled 143 flights.
They are actually running better today than Saturday...although they still have the highest number of flights cancelled in the US by far.
United has cancelled 6 flights today in comparison.
If they ground the 737Max, Southwest's existing 'operational issues' are going to compound.
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This is 100% false. 3 clicks on FlightAware will show you that WN, AA, UA and many others have MAX planes in the air right now. https://flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B38M and https://flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/B39M