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Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by sean_the_geek on Sunday May 12, 2019 @07:54AM (#19891368)
Count one more please. Searched for flight, saw Boing 737, no thank you! Paid premium for Airbus. That’s for three passengers.
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by pentae on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:15AM (#19891435)
You know the 737 and the 737 MAX are two completely different planes right?
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by echelon on Sunday May 12, 2019 @09:36AM (#19891791)
I'm not going to fly on any 737, just in case the MAX bit gets truncated. Everyone I've talked to has expressed the same fear. I don't care if it's irrational or not - it's my life, and I'm not risking it on one of these stupid, cost-cutting planes.
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by anticensor on Sunday May 12, 2019 @02:18PM (#19893505)
Boeing 737-MAX is longer than previous iterations of 737.
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by subway on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:27PM (#19893917)
And that means...?
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by anticensor on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:41PM (#19894024)
You cannot confuse them because of the sheer size and shape difference.
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by na85 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:21PM (#19895523)
The physical characteristics are not presented to you when booking your flight.

By the time you've arrived at the airport and see the MAX at your gate, it's too late and you've already paid your fare.

Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by anticensor on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:36AM (#19896644)
You can DDG specifications of your plane by model number and nay, they have to be unique per revision.
Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by echelon on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:33AM (#19899602)
I'm choosing

1. to make certain I don't board one of these machines by mistake. I will not risk my life over this egregious comedy.

2. to vote with my dollars and punish Boeing and businesses that do business with Boeing, especially if they refuse to remove these planes from their fleet.

What Boeing committed here is leagues beyond the recent emissions scandals. It's criminal and the perpetrators should be afraid of the coming justice. This should honestly be as close to a company-ending event as one could imagine. We shouldn't treat this lightly, slap on the wrist, business as usual. This must never happen again.

Re:Boeing altered key switches in 737 MAX cockpit limiting a... by sean_the_geek on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:14PM (#19893824)
Yes I do. But as the comment above says, I am not risking it, even though it is borderline irrational.