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I mean, isn't the info on your ticket? Which can be electronically updated when the airline makes a change, right?

• alkonaut 3y ago
  Final aircraft assigned to the flight can be changed until the last minute. The info is most useful when booking. Presumably people might switch if the price/schedule is reasonably close while very few would turn away at the gate if they discover a max (I sure wouldn’t and I belong to the tiny minority that even think about aircraft models ever). So the info is most useful when booking. Flying an airline that doesn’t operate a specific model is the most (and almost only) reliable way to avoid one.
  • diggan 3y ago
    > Flying an airline that doesn’t operate a specific model is the most (and almost only) reliable way to avoid one. Even that could make you end up on a 737 Max, if the airline you have your ticket via actually "outsourced" (simplified and not the right word) the actual flight to another airline, which happens sometimes.
    • pb7 3y ago
      Multiply all these probabilities together and you have a better chance at winning a billion dollars in a lottery you didn't buy a ticket for.
      • diggan 3y ago
        Yes, if I was a perfectly reasonable and logical robot, I'd agree with you. But I'm a 30+ year old human, with plenty of experiences that "should never have happened" and "that was once in a million odds" that I won't risk it. I'd love it if I could turn off the lizard parts of my body, but I cannot. I try my best, but when it comes to life/death, I just trust my gut over anything else.
        • alkonaut 3y ago
          Anyone who would turn away from a MAX at the gate when they already bought the ticket, IF the relevant authorities (both US and elsewhere) say its safe enough, is probably not acting completely rationally but more on a gut feeling. That's fine. But it shouldn't be seen as some kind of demonstration of virtue or safe behavior (Especially if you get back in the car and out on the highway which is probably more likely to kill you)
  • dpflan 3y ago
    Sure, once you're in the plane and can look at the emergency pamphlet that provides the airplane model number, that's when you'll know...or just ask the crew? Either way, ticket info by the airline seems to be all you can work with until you're on the plane. If your concern is the potential type of plane, you'll need more statistical analysis of the route (and any public data about the airlines' fleet).
  • dylan604 3y ago
    If they change the model of the aircraft at the last second, they should allow a seat change to no longer sit next to the door
    • alkonaut 3y ago
      You can board with some crutches and they probably shift you away from the emergency exit seat right away. They tend to be sold at a premium these days due to slightly more legroom.
      • dylan604 3y ago
        yeah, cause with all of the fun that traveling through random airports is to the average traveler, adding crutches just to avoid sitting at the door of a MAX is exactly what we would prefer to do!
        • alkonaut 3y ago
          It’s easier to just say you had some surgery. Or just not pay the $20 extra for the seat at the exit…