U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8

Re:U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 by bobthepanda on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:29PM (#19385403)

On the flip side, if the plane is intended for long flights, do you think people are just going to drive 1200+ miles and incur the gas, the additional time, a hotel stay or a few?

Some trips may be made using older aircraft. Some trips may not be made at all. But I think assuming a 1:1 correlation with driving is a bit silly.

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Re:U.S. to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 by arcticbull on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:23PM (#19385711)

A very good point, although, my fear wasn't that people would replace 1:1 7M8 flights with a roadtrip across the country, but that grounding an entire plane type would cause people to replace short flights with long drives. I suppose planes falling out of the sky may do that too :)

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