Would you fly on a 737 MAX plane?

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Booking a flight where the cheapest flight is on a 737 MAX, if I want to fly on another plane It is minimum £120 more.

Given its history, would you feel comfortable flying on a 737 MAX?

I am very anxious

Would depend on the airline for me. I will not fly with Ryanair and support the bully Mr O'Leary.

No I wouldn't. In fact DH went away without me and it was conditional on him not being on a 737 Max

I don't have much confidence in the software fix and the more that comes out about Boeing practices the less confidence I feel in the company.

All this ‘I wouldn’t fly in any Boeing at the moment…’ rubbish - why? I fly Boeings daily for a living. In the last 25 years I’ve notched up well over 10000 hours in 5 different Boeing models, they are excellent aircraft. As others have alluded to, Airbus is not immune to catastrophic fuck ups - Air France disaster anyone? It doesn’t change the fact that air travel is generally safe enough that crashes and disasters make headline news. The normal state of affairs is for flights to take off and land without incident.

Of all the things to be worried about with flying atm, the type of aircraft is not the thing you need to be focussing on. (If you are at all worried about flying, try not to look too closely into the effects the wars in Ukraine and Israel are having on aircraft atm, from a professional pov that is far more concerning.)

A colleague of my DH (an engineer) forced the plane to stop on the runway because he had an email promising him in writing it wouldn’t be that aircraft and it was only when he read the safety info in the back of the seat that he realised. Because he had proof, the plane had to turn around and drop him at the terminal.

Boeing safety is a shit show and planes are flying that are unsafe. You may not care, you may take off and land ok but at some point…

Thats got nothing to do with the safety of the planes though, which is OP's main concern.

Ryanair's safety record is excellent.

For the sake of £120 I would avoid the 737 MAX. it would be worth it for the peace of mind to me

If you love flying I am bemused how you have missed the multiple incidents involving this aircraft and the ongoing concerns with Boeing

No I wouldn't

The US regulator doesn't seem too happy with Boeing safety.

Reuters today
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-faces-multiple-probes-after-mid-air-max-door-plug-blowout-2024-05-17/

Fortune

https://fortune.com/2024/05/14/boeing-criminal-charges-violating-deal-regulators/

Fuck no

How ridiculous.

I worked in aviation for years. European (including UK) safety standards are rigourous. The work that goes into certification and maintenance is extremely thorough.

Those planes simply would not be cleared to fly if they were unsafe. Pilots and crew would not risk their lives if they were unsafe.

I bet the people saying they'd never fly on one never paid any attention to what aircraft they were booked on before. Historically just about every model of commercial plane has had fatal incidents somewhere in their history (with the notable exception of the A380). The chances of being involved in a crash on any of them are miniscule.

No. I don’t trust any of the newer Boeing planes. Watch The Case Against Boeing on Netflix and you’ll see why. People have literally died due to their incompetence and money-grabbing, it’s absolutely criminal.

To those saying the MAX wouldn’t be cleared to fly if it was unsafe: it crashed twice in 2018/19. It was cleared to go back in the air.

And then grounded again in January after the Alaska Airlines incident.

that’s a few too many oversights for me.

How did he force them? Stand up and show his phone to a cabin attendant, who quickly phoned the captain, who then pulled out of his take off slot because of an email? This sounds like bull shit.

Definitely no, after all the recent scandals involved with Boeing. I'd rather pay the extra £120.

Just thought ‘no’ then searched what ours is for our summer holiday.. 737 MAX 8 😩😩😩 It’s with tui and does the route twice a week but still feels like a risk and I hate flying at the best of times

If you don't understand whyx then do your research. A whistleblower was recently killed by Boeing just before he was due to give testimony on the lack of safety of one particular model. There is apparently a second whistle blower which the same happened to. There has been Boeing problem almost every month (doors flying off, part of the plane falling off when flying)

No, I absolutely wouldn't fly in one, I would rather pay more and fly in something else.

read her post properly. He was promised in writing that he wouldn't have the craft, and when he was on the plane he saw the safety sheet and realised they HAD put him on the plane.

I imagine he stood up and made a fuss they take that quite seriously on planes.

I have taken 4 flights on 737 maxes - no worries.
Would fly on one any time and certainly wouldn't pay extra to fly on something different.

Are you even aware of what's been happening regarding Boeing??

It's so mad when people pipe up without taking a simple two minutes to look at what the thread is regarding.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/68907597

This man above was found dead in his car (shot himself) in the car park just before he was due to give further evidence.The man had flown to another estate to give evidence, gone to the place he was due to give it, and then happens to shoot himself in the carpark? rather odd

Yes, have done so. I would prefer an airbus though

Yes, I don't check what model the plane is that I'm going on so I wouldn't have a clue anyway.

here is the second dead whistleblower https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/second-boeing-whistleblower-dies