re: More Boeing problems

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He's an independent instructor.

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doesn't mean he's privy to Boeing's business practices/policies, in fact what he does know is probably just scuttlebutt, off the lip comments made during break times at whatever class he's teaching, then he's turning it around and presenting it to your class as fact, still calling bs

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I don't see how vendors can afford to work for Boeing if what he says is true.

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agree, and don't believe that they do

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I suspect this is an issue in older planes.

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737 was for years, may still be, the most produced airliner ever, with the best safety record of all airliners, don't know where they stand now but there are a lot of old 737s still operating, they are constantly inspected for cracks/metal fatigue, etc., and they are expected to be found/repaired over the life of the aircraft. I think this is getting a little more ink because of the Max issue than it actually being a newly discovered safety concern, there's an incredible amount of flex in the wings, around 14' in the jet I fly, there will be cracks from time to time

So, uh, for all of us aviation dummies, any reason to be nervous flying Southwest later this year?

Who knows. I keep reading about Engineers being alarmed at the issue. I'm sure some would say no problem, but cracks in the part that holds the wing on would cause some concern for me. I'm sure they'll have everything inspected by then though.

A plane crash caused by this after they publicly acknowledged it would be pretty bad I'd assume.

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So, uh, for all of us aviation dummies, any reason to be nervous flying Southwest later this year?

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Every plane in their fleet is either a 737NG or 737Max (grounded at the moment) so I will let you draw your own conclusion. I am still planning on flying southwest but I am going to have an extra drink or two at the airport bar before I leave so I will be good and drunk if the wing falls off.

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Being a vendor for Boeing has to be a nightmare.

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Not always.

Only in the past 10-15 years.
Accountants run the show now.

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Better than Delta, American or United

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for the most part, all of the traveling public are trashy riff raff, imo we need to re-regulate, have dress codes, weight restrictions, and hygiene standards for you animals not even joking when I say when I get to the airport I can't to get to the jet fast enough and shut the door and when we get to where we're going I get can't out of the airport fast enough, you people are disgusting

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for the most part, all of the traveling public are trashy riff raff, imo we need to re-regulate, have dress codes, weight restrictions, and hygiene standards for you animals not even joking when I say when I get to the airport I can't to get to the jet fast enough and shut the door and when we get to where we're going I get can't out of the airport fast enough, you people are disgusting

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We’re just taking cues from y’all . We use to be served by hot little numbers. Now we have frumpy Susans and sassy men tossing bags of crumbly pretzels in our laps.

Now those Asian airlines on the other hand...

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This is FAKE NEWS being spread by anti-American AirBus.

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You mean the same Airbus that brought jobs to our state?

It's very anti-American to build a big manufacturing plant in an American state.