Community Chat

[sidsmom]

How about “WingChair?”

[_O_]

It's French, blame them 

[godi]

I agree what was the hold up on that decision?  We are going on vacation in a few weeks and I said this morning to DH if it’s that plane I’m not going. 

[50Mickey]

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@_O_ wrote:

Until they figure out why, everything else is speculatory.  Could have been a host of reasons including pilot error.

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       2 different pilots on 2 different airlines on 2 different dates brought down these planes in the same manner? The common denominator here is the plane 737 Max 8. Who in their right mind wants to get on a plane that has an auto pilot that points the nose down shortly after take off  and the only way to control the plane is for the  pilots to act in a split second to turn offf the auto pilot and attempt to stabilize the plane before it crashes? Not I.  

[granddi]

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@_O_ wrote:

The US has alot of restrictions, WAY more than other countries and US carriers are the safest. I cringe when I fly something other than in the US.  It will all play out, no worries

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In this case not really. US was one of the last to ground the planes. China, the EU, Australia, GB, and Mexico had already grounded. 

[Blingqueen023]

once that door shuts, you have no control over your life.  

[bikerbabe]

It bothers me that Boeing knew there was a software problem based on the first crash and my understanding is a software update is scheduled for April. Their “solution“ was to direct the airlines to train pilots on how to override it manually.

So basically, Boeing said we know we have a problem but we’re going to put the responsibility on the pilot to figure out how to override it in flight - and if something goes wrong, well you just didn’t train your pilots well enough. 🤨

[_O_]

@50Mickey  Then don't!  I don't blame you.  But whatever brought these 2 planes down (in different countries than the US) will be investigated, reviewed and dealt with but until then it's speculation.

[ms traditional]

i would have been more worried had the pilots banded together and refused to fly them. 

but we'll find out what the problem is - and i suspect the airlines needed this lead time to plan how to cope with this without disrupting the nation.

[handygal2]

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@granddi wrote:

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@_O_ wrote:

The US has alot of restrictions, WAY more than other countries and US carriers are the safest. I cringe when I fly something other than in the US.  It will all play out, no worries

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In this case not really. US was one of the last to ground the planes. China, the EU, Australia, GB, and Mexico had already grounded. 

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And then Canada. So the US was the only North American country hold-out.