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No. It’s just that people want to vote with their feet, and inflict damage to Boeing for abhorrent behavior. I mean not even every army general in every countr

• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > people want to vote with their feet, and inflict damage to Boeing for abhorrent behavior People want to express outrage. That’s understandable. Most flight revenue is from frequent travellers, and they understand the business enough to know histrionics won’t change Boeing’s incumbency. A couple people who fly twice a year swapping airlines isn’t going to move the needle. And I doubt a material fraction of them are likely voters who would bother their electeds about this.
  • _jal 3y ago
    > their histrionics won’t change Boeing’s incumbency You seem to entirely miss the possibility that this has nothing to do with "punishing" anyone, and that people simply don't want to stress out about dying during their flight. You can call it irrational if you like, that feeling of superiority and a few bucks will get you a snack. The brain worm is there, I know I'll be thinking about it next time I book tickets.
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > people simply don't want to stress out about dying during their flight Sure, and as I point out elsewhere, that's reasonable [1]. It's irrational because it doesn't actually change anything, about your situation or systematically. Not flying a 737 Max to feel better is reasonable. Doing it to be safer, or because it's going to punish Boeing or whatever, is not. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38929638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38929638
  • ddalex 3y ago
    That's why we need to be vocal about the badness of 737 MAX - bad reputation is just as worse as people not flying.