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Boeing 737 Max Aircraft - Would You Fly On One?

JimInOz
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Just flew MEL/BNE in a 737/800.
No trepidation or nervousness.
Entertainment was good, we watched a lady in front of us knock back about 5 or 6 G&Ts in the 2 hour trip.

Yes, there are problems at Boeing (and other agencies) and I think a good kick in the arse will help to get things sorted.

As to flying in a 737 MAX, at the moment it's not an option here, but as more are ordered by Virgin and Qantas it will become commonplace.

Anyway, hardly any of the flying public know what platform is whizzing them along at FL35 as they try their best to empty the galley and the bar.
 
TasMike
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As to flying in a 737 MAX, at the moment it's not an option here, but as more are ordered by Virgin and Qantas it will become commonplace.

Bonza are flying the MAX
 
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No Boeing 737 Max for me. It's a significant decrease in safety. Percentages don't lie.
 
Makesbelieve
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You really think one or more of the Boeing leaders decided that topping this guy via a paid contract hit was going to be the solution to their problems? And when the hitman is identified they are going to, what, say they know nothing about it? You are watching too many murder mysteries on tv.

When reading this post I honestly wonder what the author's reaction would have been if this was a Russian or Chinese aeroplane manufacturer and whistle blower suicide... as opposed to American...

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely wondering how this 'dead whistle blower' situation would be viewed if it was set in another country, with another aeroplane manufacturer.
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When reading this post I honestly wonder what the author's reaction would have been if this was a Russian or Chinese airline manufacturer and whistle blower suicide... as opposed to American...

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely wondering how this 'dead whistle blower' situation would be viewed if it was set in another country, with another airline manufacturer.

Maybe he has not watched American Made…. Not like the authorities ever let bad stuff happen in the USA surely ;0)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Made_(film)

Louisiana Attorney General William Guste wrote to United States Attorney General Edwin Meese criticizing the government's failure to protect a witness….
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JimInOz
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Bonza are flying the MAX
Ah yeah, forgot about Bonza.
But then, that doubles my likelyhood of not flying in a MAX.
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Evitzee
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When reading this post I honestly wonder what the author's reaction would have been if this was a Russian or Chinese aeroplane manufacturer and whistle blower suicide... as opposed to American...

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely wondering how this 'dead whistle blower' situation would be viewed if it was set in another country, with another aeroplane manufacturer.
Since I wrote that post you are referring to, I'll respond. Russia and China are totalitarian regimes, their aim is to assert total control over its citizens through coercion and suppression. Many people there 'accidentally' fall out of windows from high floors. It would not surprise me in the least if a whistleblower there suddenly wound up dead, suicide with two bullets to the back of the head. Look at Covid, some Chinese scientists who brought up the possibility that Covid may have been a lab leak mysteriously disappeared or died. Scientists in the west who came up with that similar theory didn't die or disappear, they were just marginalized by other scientists, and a friendly media acting on suggestions by the government, who called their theories preposterous, silly and reckless even though it is more likely than not at this point that a lab leak was the source. Western governments are not in the business of actually killing its citizens who can be pesky and an irritation, they have other means to marginalize these people. There is a huge difference between joints like China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, and those like the US, UK, Australia and western Europe. There is a tendency in some circles to believe all governments are the same and act the same. Not so by a long shot.
 
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Since I wrote that post you are referring to, I'll respond. Russia and China are totalitarian regimes, their aim is to assert total control over its citizens through coercion and suppression.

I think you're conflating the word 'government' with the word 'corporation'... maybe they're synonyms where you come from.

My comment was about aeroplane manufacturers (read: 'corporations') not the government... I never mentioned governments.

If the same scenario played out with aeroplane manufacturers like COMAC (China) or a Sukhoi (Russian) most people here would write it off instantly as a hit job and be done with it.

Despite the fact that US corporations have been using intimidation, coercion, and violence against whistle blowers for years it seems much harder for people to belive that this could ever happen in the good old US of A...

Isn't that curious? Now back to watches...
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Tony C.
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Western governments are not in the business of actually killing its citizens who can be pesky and an irritation, they have other means to marginalize these people

Be sure to tell that to Julian Assange.
 
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Anyone in the t-shirt business?

“if it’s a Boeing, I’m not going!” toward the top and a falling door plug below.

I’ll have a medium in baby blue please.
 
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Anyone in the t-shirt business?

“if it’s a Boeing, I’m not going!” toward the top and a falling door plug below.

I’ll have a medium in baby blue please.
Im going to get some T-shirts with that made. Hahaha
 
JimInOz
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Thanks mate........I'm due to fly on a 737-800 tomorrow morning.

😉

Ah well, it wasn't too bad at all, mild CAT just out of Brissy and at the end there were no missing parts.

😉

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Ah well, it wasn't too bad at all, mild CAT just out of Brissy and at the end there were no missing parts.

😉

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Glad you made it out in one piece. Now, to more important matters. What watch were you wearing? 😁
 
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