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> Airlines have no choice Anecdotal: I know of at least one family that booked a trip on a non-Boeing airline, at additional cost, to avoid risking being on a
by eCa 7y ago
> Airlines have no choice
Anecdotal: I know of at least one family that booked a trip on a non-Boeing airline, at additional cost, to avoid risking being on a Max.
Imagine that after the Max is back in service, that there is a serious incident in the first few months - it doesn't have to be fatal, just a close call of some kind - how many more customers will avoid the Max at all costs?
- user5994461 7y agoHow do you know the plane model before you board? It's not shown when buying the ticket, it's not written on the ticket either.
- sean_the_geek 7y agoSome airlines do! Qatar and Emirates, I think.
- kmlx 7y agobut they rotate them quite a lot, don’t they? i booked a boeing 787 dreamliner but ended up in a crummy 777 from a decade ago.
- ricardobeat 7y agoIt should be there among the flight itinerary data, often hidden behind an accordion or tooltip.
- gpm 7y agoDelta showed me when buying online. Let me select seats too.
- josecastillo 7y agoYou can avoid airlines that have the 737 MAX in their fleet (domestically, the biggest are United, Southwest and American). Whenever I fly I fly Delta, and I’ll never fly on a MAX because Delta doesn’t have any.
- jeanl 7y agoYou can find that at https://flightaware.com https://flightaware.com just from the flight number...
- sean_the_geek 7y agoCount one more please. Searched for flight, saw Boing 737, no thank you! Paid premium for Airbus. That’s for three passengers.
- pentae 7y agoYou know the 737 and the 737 MAX are two completely different planes right?
- echelon 7y agoI'm not going to fly on any 737, just in case the MAX bit gets truncated. Everyone I've talked to has expressed the same fear. I don't care if it's irrational or not - it's my life, and I'm not risking it on one of these stupid, cost-cutting planes.
- anticensor 7y agoBoeing 737-MAX is longer than previous iterations of 737.
- subway 7y agoAnd that means...?
- anticensor 7y agoYou cannot confuse them because of the sheer size and shape difference.
- na85 7y agoThe physical characteristics are not presented to you when booking your flight. By the time you've arrived at the airport and see the MAX at your gate, it's too late and you've already paid your fare.