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Boeing publicises new name for 737 Max planes after crashes
- rich_sasha 6y agoI wonder what discount they got!
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- thrww-564332 6y ago737-8 has been the official designation from the start. Here's an article from 2016 using this terminology: https://www.flightglobal.com/farnborough-boeing-details-range-boosting-737-7-redesign/121231.article https://www.flightglobal.com/farnborough-boeing-details-rang... So it's not a new name. However, it is clear that Boeing is scaling down the use of "MAX". Just compare yesterday's press release with one from 2018: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=130724 https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=1... (yesterday) https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2018-02-05-Boeing-Debuts-First-737-MAX-7 https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2018-02-05-Boeing-Debuts-First-... (2018)
- sbarre 6y agoCasual re-branding worked for cigarette companies, why not for shoddy planes too?
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- nottorp 6y agoWaiting for the tools that identify what kind of plane you'll be flying on. Maybe with an easy 'cancel flight' button :)
- antihero 6y agoYou can (or will be able to once they are airborne) do that by using FlightRadar and looking at the historical data for the flight number.
- fileeditview 6y agoThe 'cancel flight' button could be a problem then however ;)
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoThere were pictures last year of Ryanair aircraft with "737-8200" painted on them: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48995509 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48995509
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoOne thing that will definitely put me off getting on an aircraft is painting Ryanair on the side.
- beamatronic 6y agoPro tip: only get on airplanes that have painted on the side the name of one of the 2 US states that are not part of the continental US.
- kayfox 6y agoIts a special model for Ryanair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#737_MAX_200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#737_MAX_200 It was also named that before the crashes.
- antihero 6y agoThat's kind of annoying as the NG version of the 737, the 737-800 is referred to as the 738.
- kayfox 6y agoYou mean B738, there wont be any confusion, as this is the B38M. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_type_designators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_type_designat... https://www.icao.int/publications/DOC8643/Pages/Search.aspx https://www.icao.int/publications/DOC8643/Pages/Search.aspx
- antihero 6y agoGood to know!
- Yetanfou 6y agoI thought the typo made by guenthert about a day ago in a totally unrelated post gave rise to a good name for this plane: ...but also Boing airplanes Experience the all-new Boing 737MAX, the most bouncy plane in our catalogue
- _hao 6y agoStill wouldn't board one :)
- kyoob 6y agoWhy is anyone still ordering this plane? Are there no other options? Speaking as an uninformed civilian, when I step onto a big passenger plane, it kinda looks like all the other big passenger planes I've been on. What feature could possibly offset the risk of the known bugs?
- sesuximo 6y agoThe max was designed to be cheap to buy/maintain/Train pilots especially for existing 737 fleets
- rvnx 6y agoThere is a queue (7 or 8 years) to order a plane. Both for Airbus and Boeing. So people who ordered Boeing are stuck with it now. If you order another plane type, you end up at the back of the queue.
- sugarkjube 6y agoBoeing hasn't sold that many since the problems. No details of the sale were made public. For all we know, Enter Air got them for free as compensation for the losses they had with their aircraft being grounded.
- cameldrv 6y agoThe A320 production line is booked out years in advance. The other option is the C919, but that is an unproven aircraft from an unproven manufacturer, and it hasn't yet entered full production. Despite the faults of the 737MAX, the 737 is the most popular commercial aircraft in the world, and the MCAS problem appears fixable.
- glonq 6y agoBest name for a boat: Unsinkable 2. Bets name for the 737max: Uncrashable 2.