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I don’t think that is true. Even if there is a pressure, most probably it is only about not going public about it. This accidents won’t harm Boeing reputation.

by stunt 8y ago

I don’t think that is true. Even if there is a pressure, most probably it is only about not going public about it. This accidents won’t harm Boeing reputation. The only thing that might hurt it is more accidents or even worse, putting pressure on Airlines to use it during investigation. So even if there is a pressure, it will be only about not going public with anything related to grounding 737Max. Anything else would be stupid.

jpmoral 8y ago
How can grounding not be made public?
mastazi 8y ago
How do you not go public about grounding it? Due to regulations you can't operate a scheduled flight without disclosing the aircraft type, so the moment you start operating with a different aircraft, everyone knows, even if the airline did not release an official statement.
- stunt 8y ago
  Airlines can still do it without making a public announcement about it. For new schedules itbis easy, and for existing ones just an update on bookings or reschedule. It would take sometime for the news to go out and yet many wouldn’t consider it a grounding. That’s way better than public announcements that gets picked up by media.
  - Svip 8y ago
    How would it take some time for news to notice? In the wake of this latest crash, news media and amatuers alike are constantly paying attention to what airlines with the 737 MAX-8 are doing. If they notice that airlines are starting to reschedule their flight plan to use other aircraft than the 737 MAX-8, the news will be out instantaneously. Indeed, if they do it in secret (attempt to anyway), it will probably be a lot worse than a public statement. I just don't see how you can hide that major a change (I think flight plans are public anyway) without someone noticing immediately in this day and age.
- dmurray 8y ago
  You'd also have to cancel a lot of flights. Airlines don't tend to have a huge reserve of airworthy planes sitting idle as substitutes in case their regular fleet gets grounded.
zipzap324 8y ago
>This accidents won’t harm Boeing reputation It's already harmed and they longer they wait to take action the worse it will get. Their stock price is plummeting as we speak.

by stunt 8y ago

jpmoral 8y ago

How can grounding not be made public?

mastazi 8y ago

How do you not go public about grounding it? Due to regulations you can't operate a scheduled flight without disclosing the aircraft type, so the moment you start operating with a different aircraft, everyone knows, even if the airline did not release an official statement.

stunt 8y ago
Airlines can still do it without making a public announcement about it. For new schedules itbis easy, and for existing ones just an update on bookings or reschedule. It would take sometime for the news to go out and yet many wouldn’t consider it a grounding. That’s way better than public announcements that gets picked up by media.
- Svip 8y ago
  How would it take some time for news to notice? In the wake of this latest crash, news media and amatuers alike are constantly paying attention to what airlines with the 737 MAX-8 are doing. If they notice that airlines are starting to reschedule their flight plan to use other aircraft than the 737 MAX-8, the news will be out instantaneously. Indeed, if they do it in secret (attempt to anyway), it will probably be a lot worse than a public statement. I just don't see how you can hide that major a change (I think flight plans are public anyway) without someone noticing immediately in this day and age.
dmurray 8y ago
You'd also have to cancel a lot of flights. Airlines don't tend to have a huge reserve of airworthy planes sitting idle as substitutes in case their regular fleet gets grounded.

zipzap324 8y ago

>This accidents won’t harm Boeing reputation It's already harmed and they longer they wait to take action the worse it will get. Their stock price is plummeting as we speak.