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On twitter I would get non-stop ads from Boeing pitching their military hardware. I don't understand this, I'm not exactly in the market for buying $1 billion m
by erentz 8y ago
On twitter I would get non-stop ads from Boeing pitching their military hardware. I don't understand this, I'm not exactly in the market for buying $1 billion military airplanes and missiles. I've never seen a single ad pitching the quality of their civilian aircraft.
The economics of the situation do mean most passengers won't have a choice in this. Unless airlines cancel their 737MAX orders and continue to run their older 737 NGs for longer while they wait for a new Boeing aircraft or to get A320s at the back of a very looong queue of Airbus orders.
Otherwise that queue of 5,000 or so 737 MAXs is going somewhere. If there's real fear of flying on them then 737 MAX flights will be cheaper and A320/757/etc. flights will be more expensive. Price sensitive flyers will have to choose between flying and not flying.
- fstephany 8y agoI had this when the F-35 was in the final stage of the aircraft renewals competition for the Belgian Air Component. I let you guess where I live... I haven't seen a single ads since the decision has been made.
- nkkollaw 8y agoYou're not the market YET. Let's talk after a few more ads :-D
- nateberkopec 8y ago> I don't understand this, I'm not exactly in the market for buying $1 billion military airplanes and missiles. Where do you live? You're probably a voter in an area that Boeing needs a helping hand in Congress.
- yourbandsucks 8y agoIf OP is on a work VPN by way of northern Virginia, that might explain it.
- tvanantwerp 8y agoI always love how surreal it is to ride the metro through the Pentagon station. Anywhere else, the ads are perfectly normal. But at that station? Adverts for tanks and fighter jets.
- ekimekim 8y agoI get the same thing walking through San Francisco - ads for Cisco routers and "Network Security Solutions" obviously aimed solely at executives.
- close04 8y ago> If there's real fear of flying on them then 737 MAX flights will be cheaper and A320/757/etc. flights will be more expensive Have you noticed how when you buy the ticket there's no mention of the plane you'll actually fly in and no guarantee that it won't be swapped 45 minutes before takeoff? I'm saying that looking from a different perspective. As a tall person I would rather fly in planes I know to have better leg room or where I can pick an emergency exit seat. So many times the plane was changed just before boarding and my "emergency exit seat" turned into a regular cramped one because of the different seating arrangement. So I'll be skeptic of the fact that the market can actually support tickets prices based on the plane model. Unless an airline guarantees the plane model you book your flight on or exclusively uses a specific model then pricing based on the plane used is about as achievable as pricing based on the revision of circuit breakers used in the cockpit.
- BenjiWiebe 8y agoEvery time I've bought tickets it has shown me what plane I'll be flying in for each leg of the trip, and so far they've never switched planes on me either. Sample size is ~10.
- doingmyting 8y agoYou dont even need to purchase first. If you search Kayak, JetBlue, Delta etc right now and expand the block for an available flight it shows you the equipment. Its an extra step that am not sure most will follow but its there
- rjsw 8y agoThere are airlines that have an Airbus only fleet, easyJet for example.
- close04 8y ago"Airbus only" fleet in easyJet's case means Airbus A319-100, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo, and Airbus A321neo. A Boeing only fleet could have 737NG and 737MAX. This doesn't help if you are completely against flying in the MAX.
- rossenberg79 8y agoThe ads are there so you buy stock in Boeing.