Ask HN: Would you fly on a 737 Max 8?

by tersers on 4/17/2021, 12:52:14 PM with 2 comments
Popular Canadian carrier WestJet has started to introduce the 737 MAX 8 back into service and is replacing flights previously using 737-700 and 800s with the MAX. It’s likely other airlines will follow suit, and some may not give you the flexibility to change your flight.

So, if your flight was changed to a MAX, would you fly on it?

  • by montroser on 4/17/2021, 1:42:52 PM

    Even if the whole thing was poorly conceived (compensating for moving engines around with software band-aids), and poorly managed (FAA delegating "oversight" back to Boeing), I think they will eventually plug all the holes and paper over the design flaws well enough to keep these things flying.

    Kind of like the software that most banks run on. It's critical infrastructure that is largely composed of cobbled together COBOL and Perl scripts. You really don't want to break them open and see what's inside, but they have evolved to be stable and correctly take their inputs and produce the right outputs.

    I'll try to avoid if I can for a while longer, but I think this will work itself out.

  • by fattybob on 4/17/2021, 1:01:46 PM

    Given a choice, no! But who gets to choose ?