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How to avoid the 737 Max? Fly only airlines that don’t have it. Luckily there are still a few around in Europe. Since the two fatal crashes I have avoided doing
by ugiox 3y ago
How to avoid the 737 Max? Fly only airlines that don’t have it. Luckily there are still a few around in Europe. Since the two fatal crashes I have avoided doing flights with 737s.
- Me1000 3y agoJust about every airline I’ve ever flown lets you see what kind of aircraft they’re using for the flight you book. It’s pretty easy to avoid flying on a 737 max if you want.
- 0xbadcafebee 3y ago1. Go to Google Flights[1], pick your search options, click Explore 2. On search results[2], find the Departing flight you want 3. On the right-hand side of the flight summary, click the Down arrow ( \/ ) 4. In the drop-down description, below each flight leg is the plane description and flight number. 5. Confirm all planes used for legs of both departing and returning flights. First flight listed: Departure: SYR to CLT: American Economy Airbus A320 AA 1739 CLT to SFO: American Economy Airbus A321neo AA 1580 *Select departure to see return flights* Return: SFO to DFW: American Economy Airbus A321neo AA 2504 DFW to SYR: American Economy Airbus A320 AA 421 Looking through different options, I can see a United flight that connects from SYR to EWR that uses a Boeing 737 MAX 9 Passenger (UA1513). So I'm not picking that flight. You can also find plane information at time of purchase, at least from the airline's website. I highly recommend booking direct at the airline's website, as [in the US] by law you have a 24 hour window to cancel your reservation with no cancellation fee. [1] https://google.com/flights https://google.com/flights [2] https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhoeEgoyMDI0LTAyLTAzagcIARIDU1lScgcIARIDU0ZPGh4SCjIwMjQtMDItMTBqBwgBEgNTRk9yBwgBEgNTWVJAAUgBcAGCAQsI____________AZgBAQ https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhoeEgo...
- lxgr 3y agoI don’t think that’s a legally binding guarantee, though. Last-minute changes for operational reasons do happen, and I don’t think you can expect compensation in that case. Still, it definitely increases your chances of not flying on a MAX.
- bthrn 3y agoIt's usually accurate, but I've had planes changed on me a couple times. For example, there could be a delay that results in it being used for a different flight, and you end up with something else. Or if the plane you're supposed to fly has mechanical issues.
- abawany 3y agoIn the US, Delta seems to fly a lot of Airbus but unfortunately this is fast changing too based on their recent-ish large Boeing orders.
- spr93 3y agoJetBlue has an all Airbus and Embraer 175 fleet. No matter what you book on B6 mainline, you're getting a comfortable airliner. Virgin America had an all-Airbus fleet...until Alaska bought them and ditched the Airbus leases because 'Merica-Seattle-Boeing or something. (I'm sure they justified it as mechanical/maintenance efficiencies from operating a single type, but they made a bad mistake staying all-in on a failing company's product.) Delta's famously agnostic - they fly whatever is net cheapest for them, even if it's an old airframe (that they own outright) that sucks fuel (rather than a more fuel-efficient plane that they lease). Boeings got cheap after the MAX problems. On the plus side, Delta is a very well run operation with competent maintenance. And then there's Southwest. All Boeing, bad maintenance history. A culture that hates change and new technology.
- nerdjon 3y agoI have made the decision that unless I absolutely can’t avoid it I am avoiding Boeing for the near future entirely. But a 737 max is full no go for me no matter what the situation is. I will do multiple stops before stepping foot on one. Personally I fly exclusively JetBlue in the US and they use Airbus almost exclusively. They have a few of whatever that other brand is. No Boeing.
- Symbiote 3y agoEmbraer, the Brazilian-made aircraft. They're being replaced with Airbus A220s, which was called a Bombardier CSeries before Airbus bought Bombardier's airliner division.
- zekrioca 3y ago(Embraer) which Boeing tried buying but the deal was reverted due to the failure of the 737-max..
- riffraff 3y agoWait, what? How did that caused the deal to fall apart? (I was actually under the impression this acquisition had happened until a few minutes ago)
- marcosdumay 3y agoI thought that too. From Wikipedia: > in April 2020 Boeing terminated the joint venture deal due to impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on aviation and market uncertainty. Embraer alleges that the financial impact of the Boeing 737 MAX groundings contributed to the demise of the deal So, the deal was broken before both governments had time to decide if they allowed it. (I do remember some of Embraer clients canceling orders in 2020. AFAIK, they are still bottlenecked by their manufacturing capacity.)
- stjohnswarts 3y ago
- Ayesh 3y agoI'm bored while waiting for my flight to take off in KLIA2 airport that AirAsia uses as its base. Their whole fleet is A320s. If the A320sbwere to be grounded, this airline will be pretty much done for.