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Re:U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 by asn0 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:09PM (#19384907)
I have a family trip booked next month on Southwest, who has many 737 Max 8. I'm relieved that they won't be able to use it now. I'm still expecting my flight to happen, Southwest and Boeing will have to figure out how to get the plane.
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Re:U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 by sib on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:09AM (#19386654)
Southwest was actually grounding these flights yesterday (Tuesday) before the FAA decision. Source: flight was cancelled along with multiple other 737 MAX flights out of SJC yesterday.
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Re:U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 by paulie_a on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:54AM (#19387757)
Oddly enough they were also claiming to be surprised by the faa. It seems like a huge miscommunication from different departments and people.
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Re:U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 by tyingq on Thursday March 14, 2019 @07:52AM (#19388363)
It's about 5% of their fleet, and they fly, on average, with their planes ~85% full. There will almost certainly be some cancelled flights.
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