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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by jsjohnst on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @02:55AM (#19376335)
> if the 737-Max had just been given an entirely new model name like "738"

That model name would’ve been worse. The 737-800 is very commonly abbreviated to 738 in the industry (739 being 737-900, 744 being the 747-400, etc).

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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by kiallmacinnes on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:20AM (#19376729)
That's just awful practice! It's got a name, use it!

(Yes, that sorta stuff annoys me ;) e.g. people talking about v2.04 of $project, when they really mean v0.204 - sure, I get it, but at some point the searchability for issues on the internet is going to be screwed!)

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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by dx034 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:26AM (#19377051)
It's not in this case. B738 is the official icao code for the aircraft, just like B38M is for the max.
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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by kiallmacinnes on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:52AM (#19377175)
Oh, well that's totally different then. Still feels weird to "consume" other potential model numbers like that though :)
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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by kayfox on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:33AM (#19400598)
When you have limited space to show some information, sometimes the space it takes up needs to be reduced.
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