Do you trust Boeing with your life?

[Anonymous]

NP here. I have a multi leg flight coming up on Alaska, with several legs on a 737-800 or 737 max 9. I am trying to be rational and think about the many flights that happen without incident, but part of me wants to completely cancel and rebook. That's stupid, right?

[Anonymous]

8 incidents in 2 weeks.

San Francisco (1) - Plane loses wheel shortly after takeoff, crashing into the parking lot below and damaging multiple vehicles.

San Francisco (2) - Plane makes emergency landing after hydraulic leak during takeoff had liquid spewing from the plane.

Sydney - Someone hit the pilot seat switch which pushed the pilots into the controls, forcing a plane to nosedive injuring 50 people.

Fort Myers - Plane engines caught fire shortly after takeoff.

Miami - cargo plane also has engines catch fire shortly after takeoff.

Houston - Landing gear failure causes plane to skid off of runway after emergency landing.

Los Angeles - Finally not a United Airlines plane, an American Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing for 'possible mechanical issues'.

Now the incident with the panel.

[Anonymous]

Have a SW flight next week on a Max 8. We’ve spent too much on the trip to cancel over that, but doesn’t leave me thrilled

[Anonymous]

I can relate to everyone’s fears. I too have an upcoming Boeing flight. I recommend listening to Liz Moody’s podcast on fear of flying, particularly the Ask the Pilot segment who breaks down how statistically unlikely an accident is to occur. Also how the media portrays emergencies. The flight that landed in Oregon did so safely. Get some Xanax, find your faith, and live your life…. While there have been incidences lately there are literally thousands of flights daily without them. Pray and have faith that your flight will not be one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I fly Airbus.

Boeing has a long history of cutting corners for profit.

Please see John Oliver's lecture here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

Everyone who flies should watch it.

After the 737 Max crashes, I quietly decided not to book any flights on them. I do our travel planning and didn’t tell DH I was eliminating it as an option because he would have said I was overreacting.

After DH watched Last Week Tonight, he said we should avoid flights on any Boeing aircraft. His mistrust of the 737 Max is now so bad that if we were at the gate and realized a Max had been subbed for our plane, he would have us wait on standby for a non-Max flight. That is quite an inconvenience when traveling with a toddler and baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I fly Airbus.

Boeing has a long history of cutting corners for profit.

Please see John Oliver's lecture here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

Everyone who flies should watch it.

After the 737 Max crashes, I quietly decided not to book any flights on them. I do our travel planning and didn’t tell DH I was eliminating it as an option because he would have said I was overreacting.

After DH watched Last Week Tonight, he said we should avoid flights on any Boeing aircraft. His mistrust of the 737 Max is now so bad that if we were at the gate and realized a Max had been subbed for our plane, he would have us wait on standby for a non-Max flight. That is quite an inconvenience when traveling with a toddler and baby.

He’s a COMEDIAN! Do you just believe anything the tv tells you? My god.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I fly Airbus.

Boeing has a long history of cutting corners for profit.

Please see John Oliver's lecture here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

Everyone who flies should watch it.

After the 737 Max crashes, I quietly decided not to book any flights on them. I do our travel planning and didn’t tell DH I was eliminating it as an option because he would have said I was overreacting.

After DH watched Last Week Tonight, he said we should avoid flights on any Boeing aircraft. His mistrust of the 737 Max is now so bad that if we were at the gate and realized a Max had been subbed for our plane, he would have us wait on standby for a non-Max flight. That is quite an inconvenience when traveling with a toddler and baby.

He’s a COMEDIAN! Do you just believe anything the tv tells you? My god.

Yes he’s a comedian but he wasn’t making up the bad merger and shoddy engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I fly Airbus.

Boeing has a long history of cutting corners for profit.

Please see John Oliver's lecture here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

Everyone who flies should watch it.

After the 737 Max crashes, I quietly decided not to book any flights on them. I do our travel planning and didn’t tell DH I was eliminating it as an option because he would have said I was overreacting.

After DH watched Last Week Tonight, he said we should avoid flights on any Boeing aircraft. His mistrust of the 737 Max is now so bad that if we were at the gate and realized a Max had been subbed for our plane, he would have us wait on standby for a non-Max flight. That is quite an inconvenience when traveling with a toddler and baby.

He’s a COMEDIAN! Do you just believe anything the tv tells you? My god.

The information is out there. He’s not the only one talking about it. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/boeing-737-max-corporate-culture/677120/

And John Barnett’s death should frighten us all. He literally told a friend that if he died and it was called a suicide, that they shouldn’t believe it. This is a mess.

[Anonymous]

I was on a Boeing 737 today. Not sure if it was a Max or not. Honestly I didn't really even think about it.

[Anonymous]

I trust my gut.

[Anonymous]

I flew a max 9 today and it was one of the best flights I’ve ever taken. That said I landed and heard about the United flight from yesterday. I need them to get it together. For now my flight home on UA is a 737-700 so I’ll have to use my computer for movies but it will feel a bit better.

[Anonymous]

Now there’s a whistleblower saying Boeing cut corners on the 777 and 787. I have a Dreamliner flight coming up in a few months with my young kids. I’m seriously considering switching our nonstop on United to a flight on Air France with connections even though it’ll be expensive and a hassle. I’ve had good flights on the dreamliner in the past but don’t feel like risking my whole family.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/09/business/boeing-787-whistleblower

[Anonymous]

Honestly?? I feel like there is not much I can do about it if I want to travel. Also, all those things happened, and everyone landed safely. Yes, it would suck and be scary (the Sydney drop would scare me the most!) but I keep focusing on everyone landing safely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now there’s a whistleblower saying Boeing cut corners on the 777 and 787. I have a Dreamliner flight coming up in a few months with my young kids. I’m seriously considering switching our nonstop on United to a flight on Air France with connections even though it’ll be expensive and a hassle. I’ve had good flights on the dreamliner in the past but don’t feel like risking my whole family.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/09/business/boeing-787-whistleblower

So you are going to add an additional set of takeoff/landing (by far the most dangerous part of a flight), and also potentially still be on a 777? Air France has a ton of 777s in their long haul fleet, and also some 787s (although many fewer of these). Interesting risk management approach.

[Anonymous]

I did in February. But I agree there’s a need for reform.