I don’t think it’s fair to say that all 737-900ER’s have been inspected as of today. Granted, the 737-MAX9’s have and are now cleared to fly, but not all airlines have completed their inspections of the 737-900ER.
Further, I am puzzled by your cut and pasted Delta news release. I could not source that release anywhere, including Delta’s own news release portal on their website site. Further puzzling me is that the news article you posted quotes that Delta has 130 737-900ER’s when both Boeing and Delta state they have 163 in their fleet.
ETA OK - I stand corrected on the total count of Delta's 737-900ER count. Delta has 130 bought directly from Boeing with door plugs and 33 that were bought from Lion Air - and were configured with exit doors and not plugs since the Lion Air seating capacity required them to have the extra exit doors.
Further, I am puzzled by your cut and pasted Delta news release. I could not source that release anywhere, including Delta’s own news release portal on their website site. Further puzzling me is that the news article you posted quotes that Delta has 130 737-900ER’s when both Boeing and Delta state they have 163 in their fleet.
ETA OK - I stand corrected on the total count of Delta's 737-900ER count. Delta has 130 bought directly from Boeing with door plugs and 33 that were bought from Lion Air - and were configured with exit doors and not plugs since the Lion Air seating capacity required them to have the extra exit doors.