737Max Cleared To Fly........

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/boeing-737-max-cleared-to-fly-again-after-fatal-crashes-12135524
would you get on one?

[Hopkirk]

Sorry, autocorrect strikes again.

...airbridge....airports...

[retrocop]

//I'd rather not - Boeing hid the truth for so long that I wouldn't trust them if they said water was wet - but who gets a choice? Not that it's currently a problem.//


What made you so choosey on what transport bought you to this sceptered Isle? You don't appear happy with your lot in my county.

[ummmm]

Wow...you own a county, Retro, impressive!

[New Judge]

//Budget airlines tend to be parked off stand because being on a pier costs more. That's how it works.//

It wasn't off stand. It was on a stand with an air bridge connected. The front half of the plane boarded via the air bridge; the rear half boarded via two flights of stairs and the apron. It was to speed boarding. After our speedy boarding we sat on the stand for forty minutes waiting for a slot. Gave me a chance to dry out I suppose.

[237SJ]

^ It's par for the course to board a small aircraft from both ends.

[piggynose]

NJ, thats a pity, i only have good memories regarding norwegian airlines. Mind you i only used them for 1 return flight about 3 years ago, from B´ham to Madrid. I only used because they were the only company at the time. Very clean newish airplane, and punctual.

[jno]

not sure I actually live in Retroshire. But I arrived by sea.

[New Judge]

//^ It's par for the course to board a small aircraft from both ends.//

It was a 737-800 and I've never been asked to board by the rear entrance when the aircraft was on a stand with an air bridge before or since. And that includes flying with Squeezyjet.

[tomus42]

As long as they've changed that line of code that says

If everything fine then

[tomus42]

Crash into the ground
else do nothing.

Yes, why not.

[ToraToraTora]

Here's how to tell what plane it is, look out the window(of the terminal) and if it's got crinkly edges round the engines and up and down wing tips it's a MAX
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/how-to-differentiate-boeing-737s/

[Bazile]

Tora - so what's your answer to your question - would you get on one?

Cant see the pictures in that link , by the way

[ToraToraTora]

Baz: No I would not, I work in Software, believe me I'd rather have Denzil Washington fly me after a bottle of Vodka (Flight!)! The problem was basically that the system was allowed to override a pilot, that should never be allowed, there should always be a switch for the pilot to ignore the software. Ok some are saying it was lack of training pilot error etc and yes that played a part but the crux of the matter is, as I said above, that a zero intelligence system was allowed to override a pilot based on a faulty sensor that should NEVER be the case.

[ToraToraTora]

Baz, can you see this?
https://ibb.co/PmJ2BgW
Note double wing tips and crinkle cuts at the back of the engine.

[Ken4155]

While in Belfast in the 70s, we always used to say that the safest place to be the day after a bomb had gone off, was the place where the bomb had gone off. Which was usually true, with the glaring exception of the Europa Hotel - 36 bomb attacks!
Yes, if i was still going abroad for holidays, etc, i would fly in one.

[Bazile]

Thanks tora - can see it now

If you book a flight or a holiday package
how are you going to know what plane is going to be used ?

[ToraToraTora]

TBH I'm unlikely to do that for a year at least by which time I'll see how many drop out of the sky. If none then I'll be less worried I suppose but every airline lists the plane type on it's reservations page anyway so I'll just avoid them on there.

[youngmafbog]

Not at the moment for me. But like TTT says most will be unlikely to fly for a while giving us chance to see what else is wrong.

[jno]

ymb, we probably won't be able to see what else might be wrong if they aren't flying. Also, though you may have booked a trip on some other plane, the airline is free to swap aircraft around at the last moment, so you can't tell till you're on it.