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How is it even still legal to operate 737 Max after all its failures? Is Boeing lobbying or something?

hnthrowaway0328 3y ago
I guess human lives is an "optional extra".
lumost 3y ago
permanently grounding 737 MAX would be tantamount to killing Boeing's commercial aviation products (and possibly the company itself). Unfortunately, this would have the side effect of destroying America's only viable commercial aviation company - there likely would not be a successor without heavy government bailouts.
jprete 3y ago
That's an extremely expensive and impractical solution. EDIT: By "impractical" I mean that it doesn't help safety much, but does totally wreck US air travel for several years.
EarthIsHome 3y ago
Profit doesn't care about legality.
afavour 3y ago
I don’t mean to give a free pass to Boeing’s ineptitude but it’s not like people are dying or even injured during these recent failures. Grounding them all permanently would be an overreaction.
- FrustratedMonky 3y ago
  Kind of Iceberg Effect. All these safety issues, might be 'minor'. What we can see. But having a big up-tick, and you wonder about the 'big-one' about to happen, that is still the submerged part of ice-berg.
  - 7952 3y ago
    I think the company culture itself should require approval. Producing safe planes or achieving a type rating is not sufficient evidence of that. A pilot can land perfectly a hundred times and still be dangerous if they are not behaving properly.
jpeter 3y ago
FAA gives Boeing a free pass
kbf 3y ago
Worst case scenario a hundred or so people might lose their lives, best case scenario there might be a few more of the issues we’ve seen. Someone has probably come to the conclusion that it’s worth taking the gamble and not hurting Boeing unless there’s a more serious incident.
tomoyoirl 3y ago
What do you imagine is the alternative? Would you prefer people to drive? Because if so that’s a great way to get them killed.

I guess human lives is an "optional extra".

permanently grounding 737 MAX would be tantamount to killing Boeing's commercial aviation products (and possibly the company itself). Unfortunately, this would have the side effect of destroying America's only viable commercial aviation company - there likely would not be a successor without heavy government bailouts.

jprete 3y ago

That's an extremely expensive and impractical solution. EDIT: By "impractical" I mean that it doesn't help safety much, but does totally wreck US air travel for several years.

EarthIsHome 3y ago

Profit doesn't care about legality.

afavour 3y ago

I don’t mean to give a free pass to Boeing’s ineptitude but it’s not like people are dying or even injured during these recent failures. Grounding them all permanently would be an overreaction.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago
Kind of Iceberg Effect. All these safety issues, might be 'minor'. What we can see. But having a big up-tick, and you wonder about the 'big-one' about to happen, that is still the submerged part of ice-berg.
- 7952 3y ago
  I think the company culture itself should require approval. Producing safe planes or achieving a type rating is not sufficient evidence of that. A pilot can land perfectly a hundred times and still be dangerous if they are not behaving properly.

jpeter 3y ago

FAA gives Boeing a free pass

kbf 3y ago

Worst case scenario a hundred or so people might lose their lives, best case scenario there might be a few more of the issues we’ve seen. Someone has probably come to the conclusion that it’s worth taking the gamble and not hurting Boeing unless there’s a more serious incident.

tomoyoirl 3y ago

What do you imagine is the alternative? Would you prefer people to drive? Because if so that’s a great way to get them killed.