Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX?
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:35PM
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> what's irrational in not believing that 737 Max is safe?
The millions of miles they've flown without incident.
The key difference this conversation demands is a design versus fabrication or maintenance error. MCAS was a design error. It called into question the entire 737 Max fleet. This looks like a fabrication or maintenance mistake. That calls into question all of the planes similarly fabricated or maintained--those have been grounded. It doesn't affect a 737 Max of a different type, that has been flown for years and been through routine inspections, including of the very bolts suspected to be the cause of this accident.
Caveat: I strongly suspect more than the type 9 need to be looked at. But we do not have evidence that they are unsafe.
The millions of miles they've flown without incident.
The key difference this conversation demands is a design versus fabrication or maintenance error. MCAS was a design error. It called into question the entire 737 Max fleet. This looks like a fabrication or maintenance mistake. That calls into question all of the planes similarly fabricated or maintained--those have been grounded. It doesn't affect a 737 Max of a different type, that has been flown for years and been through routine inspections, including of the very bolts suspected to be the cause of this accident.
Caveat: I strongly suspect more than the type 9 need to be looked at. But we do not have evidence that they are unsafe.