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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by mbostleman on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:00PM (#20215270)
Yea, I have never looked at equipment when buying a ticket and still wouldn't. Price, departure, arrival, and duration - roughly in that order - are the only things that matter to me.
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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by newsoul2019 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:20PM (#20215572)
I have looked at it to choose between two puddle-jumpers, I chose the one that was the jet over the turboprop.
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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by bdamm on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:56PM (#20216956)
I always prefer the turboprops. There are fewer people in the cabin, and the flight is usually more scenic as the captain will often choose a lower cruising altitude than the jet jockey would. Additionally, there are more quality window seats, because the turboprops are normally high-wing, which means there is no wing between any of the windows and the ground, allowing a larger range of vista viewing.
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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by daveslash on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:35PM (#20215796)
Interesting. Why?
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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by SimonPStevens on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:09PM (#20216362)
Not the op, but for me the turboprops I've flown on [0] have a deeper, louder droning noise that really gives me a headache after a while. I think it's personal though, I've spoken about hating them with travelling companions and no one else shares my dislike. I've never actively tried to avoid them though, mainly because I rarely have a choice of time or route when I fly on the airlines I know use them.

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_8

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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by magduf on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:25PM (#20218013)
>I think it's personal though, I've spoken about hating them with travelling companions and no one else shares my dislike.

That's because most people these days have significant hearing loss.

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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by salawat on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:18PM (#20216507)
>Interesting. Why?

Not sure if academic curiosity or Marketing guy looking for a lead...

I need a break from my cynical side.

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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by daveslash on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:56PM (#20217700)
Genuine academic curiosity. I wish that I hadn't asked the question because I now realize that I was dumb. I totally misinterpreted what the commentor meant. When they said "the one that was the jet over the turboprop", I somehow thought they meant "the plane with the turboprop engine having the intake on the top, as opposed to bottom, of the propeller". No idea why I thought that.... Now, though, I wonder if those exist...
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Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane by mrobins on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:15PM (#20217192)
Same for me and most travelers, but previously there hasn’t been much of a reason to care.

If nothing else, now I’m glaringly aware that Southwest and AA are the primary U.S. carriers that fly Max’s. Chances are it would at least be a passing thought if either had a good option on a metasearch site.

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