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Well, I mean, we have a critical shortage of airline flight capacity right now, so of course they had to. Oh, wait...
by rossdavidh 6y ago
Well, I mean, we have a critical shortage of airline flight capacity right now, so of course they had to.
Oh, wait...
- josefx 6y agoThe 737 Max does not provide additional capacity, it provides cheaper capacity. It has modern engines that use less fuel and wouldn't fit on the existing lineup. Right now the ability to cut costs at the cost of a few hundred passengers a year is probably the kind of news the airlines need to keep investors happy.
- Beldin 6y ago> It [737 Max] has modern engines that [...] wouldn't fit on the existing lineup. That's the problem in a nutshell. If I had an actual choice, I'd choose to fly in a plane whose airframe was designed around the engines its using.