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Boarded a plane last night. Looked like a 737. Breathed a sigh of relief when I saw it was an Embraer.
by pseingatl 7y ago
Boarded a plane last night. Looked like a 737. Breathed a sigh of relief when I saw it was an Embraer.
- jimktrains2 7y agoThere are multiple styles of 737, most without the systems or problems from which the 737-Max 8 suffer.
- osivertsson 7y agoHow will Boeing and the regulatory bodies handle problems their extensive review finds with the MAX that may also exist on the NG?
- jimktrains2 7y agoHopefully well? However, the what-if game is generally bad to play, especially when we can't even ball-park frequency. There are always many what-ifs that can be made. However, even when we know frequencies, we often still ignore them. What if an accident happens on the way to the airport, which is far more likely, and far more likely to be fatal, than flying on even a 737-MAX 8? What I think is more probable than any issue with the MAXs translating to the NGs is: what-if other (recent) FAA certified planes, by any manufacturer, have undisclosed problems or systems? There's obviously a systematic flaw in how the FAA conducts certifications, so this worries me more than finding a fatal and fundamental flaw on aircraft that have been in near constant use for 20-25 years old at this point, as are many/most of the the NGs have.
- ahartmetz 7y agoThe rudder hard-over in '90s 737 should be fixed now, no problem :> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues I'd call that one even more scandalous but the media didn't seem to report it much at the time.
- marcosdumay 7y agoAirplanes were much more dangerous back then, and those 3 accidents happened over a much larger number of flights (orders of magnitude larger) than the 2 Max ones.
- ulfw 7y agoHow does an Embraer look the same as a 737? Very different profile inside and out. The seat config alone should have been very obvious.