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This happens very rarely, and is usually of the same family. You replace an Airbus 320 with another airbus, not a boeing. Simply because those airlines don't ha
by dacryn 3y ago
This happens very rarely, and is usually of the same family. You replace an Airbus 320 with another airbus, not a boeing. Simply because those airlines don't have both on them in their portfolio.
Now if its specifically to avoid a certain type of Boeing 737 max when the airline already flies boeing, yeah thay might happen indeed.
The only cases of switching families is long haul, like Emirates replaced an Airbus a380 with a 777 once on a trip I took. Still caused massive issues because the boeing is smaller, so they don't like doing this.
- jojobas 3y agoPlenty of airlines have both A320 and B737 and/or a mix of NG/MAX. Replacing one with another will almost always have a different seat arrangement, necessitating mucking around with pre-allocated seats, and is avoided whenever practical.
- taneliv 3y agoHow often the pilots have certification (or whatever it is called) to fly the swapped in aircraft? Maybe the usually do, or perhaps it is typical to swap the crew as well?
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- mattmaroon 3y agoYou’d generally be swapping the crew as well which is another reason this doesn’t happen a lot.
- throw0101d 3y ago> certification * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_rating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_rating
- rangestransform 3y agowell the whole point of MCAS was to allow pilots to fly the 737MAX without needing another type rating
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoI don't think anyone's suggesting that an airline would misrepresent all their flights as being on A320s that don't exist and then claim to swap for mechanical issues at the gate to 737s that do. And they could do this on every single ticket. (Is that what people are suggesting?) They're complaining that they could buy a ticket out of one airport on an A320, that plane could get delayed, and the airline could swap in a 737 that was waiting for another route. Passengers on the other route would then get the Airbus that they hadn't specifically filtered for. That might happen on one in 50 or one in 100 flights.