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Girard442

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

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 04:47 PM

Apr 2019

I could be wrong.

The even larger problem is that Boeing managed to put a plane into service with the MCAS being the smelly piece of garbage it is. What are the chances that MCAS is the only thing that stinks on the MAX 8?

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U.S. airlines face too many travelers, too few planes in 737 MAX summer dilemma [View all] Eugene Apr 2019 OP

airlines will make up for it by raising fares. nt msongs Apr 2019 #1

Those planes Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #2

I think the planes could be fixed, but who would trust Boeing's current management to do it? Girard442 Apr 2019 #3

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

Pilots from the vast majority of the world's airlines customerserviceguy Apr 2019 #5

I understand that there were many complaints from Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #6

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