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7. I just got an email from American saying they were grounding their MAX 8s until August

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 03:03 PM

Apr 2019

I wrote the DBQ airport manager to find out if American or other airlines had designs on using 737s at DBQ. He told me Sun Country already has 737s flying in and out of Dubuque for charters, and the airport's new terminal was designed around the 737.

American mainly uses the Embrarer ERJ-145 here. It doesn't look like American would have 737s flying here. Wouldn't make much sense to just fly the180 miles to Chicago in them with the passenger counts we've got. The manager did say American might go up to the 175 for the local airport in the near future.

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Those planes Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #2

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With all the changes in the design Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #4

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My gut feeling is that the modified aircraft with a properly implemented MCAS would OK. Girard442 Apr 2019 #9

I still believe the problem to be the design Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #11

It shouldn't require exceptional flying skills to keep a plane from plunging into the ground... Girard442 Apr 2019 #8

And if everything always went 100% right customerserviceguy Apr 2019 #10

The Brits have a saying... Girard442 Apr 2019 #12

That's a good saying customerserviceguy Apr 2019 #13

I just got an email from American saying they were grounding their MAX 8s until August 47of74 Apr 2019 #7