From what I hear, at least one of the carriers here that _was_ intending to fly them this year, has cancelled all the maintenance courses for them... They aren't going to be flying them until 2025 apparently, so all the engineers booked on courses to do maintenance for the 747MAX8 are getting re-booked for Airbus courses...

I may not be interpreting this right, but does that imply they already have the planes, which will now stay in storage until 2025 waiting for all issues to be resolved?

If that's correct, aren't there possible risks for flying a plane that had such a long period of inactivity?

> which will now stay in storage until 2025

This is the really big problem Boeing now faces.

For these planes to fly again they need to be certified safe to fly again.

However since the FAA was one of the last authorities to ground the plane, it really does not matter what outcome they achieve in their current investigation.

Other aviation authorities around the world will take their own time to investigate if the plane should be allowed to fly.

The conundrum for Boeing is it wants the plane back in the air ASAP but I'm sure many of the world aviation authorities are in no real rush.

But in the real world if a flight is $1 cheaper people will choose it regardless of the equipment. Airlines have vastly different safety records and it doesn't seem to change bookings (Allegiant is thriving despite ignoring maintenance).

Airlines never use safety angle there is industry wide consensus on that.

> Just visit a flight tracking website before booking.

I always do this anyway just out of curiosity. Also if it's a plane I enjoy flying on it makes me look forward to the trip that much more. I have to admit that if I spotted "737 MAX" on there I seriously doubt I would book that trip, even after these issues are eventually resolved.