Southwest Airlines - announcement coming..

[glinda]

I would not fault the aircraft just yet....I think its safe to assume U.S. airline operated flights of the 737 have more seasoned crews aware of the MAX mcas system function

Yes, but are you hip to how much concern the pilots really have?

In a Rachel Maddow segment that can be seen here:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watc...6981571906

Rachel Maddow reports on worldwide concerns about potential safety problems with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and why perceptions of Donald Trump as compromised by poor judgment and susceptibility to manipulation have undermined the authority of the FAA and isolated the United States.

In this segment there is some troubling information about how concerned US pilots really are. There have been several documented reports of prior events by US pilots, and the Trump administration is actively covering it up.

Also, in the NY Times...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019...lines.html

It is now reported that..

Roughly two-thirds of the 737 Max 8 aircraft in the world have been pulled from use by airlines and aviation regulators after the model crashed twice in just five months. An estimated 6,000 of the 8,600 flights that use the plane in a typical week of travel were affected, according to an analysis based on data from Flightradar24, a flight tracking service.

The only known planes still flying

Southwest Airlines 34
American Airlines 24
Air Canada 24
WestJet 13
Jet Airways 5
Mauritania Airlines 1
SCAT 1

Grounded flight estimates are as of 1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. Source: Flightradar24 and aviation authorities.

And I wonder.. how many here are going to get on a 737 Max 8 before this is resolved?

Watch the Rachel Maddow segment.. it's an eye opener as to how political this is...