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We clearly have all our eggs in one basket when nearly everyone is hesitant to enact common sense measures like grounding every commercial Boeing plane in servi
by datavirtue 3y ago
We clearly have all our eggs in one basket when nearly everyone is hesitant to enact common sense measures like grounding every commercial Boeing plane in service--at least on a rotation. Air traffic would grind to a halt. I wouldn't want to be responsible for that either. Especially when it's the friends of all the grey-hairs at GE, Boeing, and every major airline that have to make the call.
- TylerE 3y agoThe max fleet had already been grounded multiple times, the world did not end.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoIt was only for a few days, and it was extremely impactful. This was only the 737-MAX fleet that was grounded, which is primarily used for regional routes. The MAX is never used or configured for cargo at this moment. More importantly, this was only the MAX generation of the 737 fleet. Only ~15% of all 737s in service. I interpreted the poster as suggesting that we ground all Boeing commercial airplanes. If they just meant the 737 MAX fleet, I still think this would be unproductive now that the acute MCAS issue has been addressed, but it's not as ludicrous as grounding ~60% of the world's airplanes.
- shiroiushi 3y agoThey don't need to ground every commercial Boeing aircraft, only the ones that are affected. Most Boeing planes still flying aren't that new. The 767s and 777s all seem fine. Just ground the 737MAX and the SC-built Dreamliners.