Well, I can't sleep on a plane anyway, but I have always been able to sit in the seat that I have reserved. Everyone has different needs for their comfort, there is nothing wrong with paying extra for guaranteed legroom in business, etc. Approaching age 70, I am more drawn towards paying for a level of comfort that I would have thought unnecessary a few years ago. I can still endure a cramped seat on a budget airline for a few hours if needs be, rather than pay top price for a regular airline fare.
I hope you’re including soccer mom’s and little league parentsIn my expierience some of the worst acting "Sports Fans" are located in our very own Country , especially Raider Nation,Iggle Fanatics, the Cubs Bleacher Bums and the Washington Football Team Fans.
Overall though, Soccer Fans as a Group take the Prize for the Wildest and Craziest Sports Worshipers.
Exactly. It's their public 'unveiling' .
I used to sleep in coach just fine. Many flights I would fall asleep after lift off and wake up just before (or during) landing. I was a different person and coach was a different experience back then. In some ways I wish things had stayed the same. It's nice to travel in first or business but other than a larger seat and a little more room it's honestly not that different from coach service on many routes. With the rise of bus service airlines like Ryanair and the destructive force of a worldwide pandemic I expect the last remnants of full service flying will soon be swept into the history books.
Boeing could rename it the BOOMCRASHSIZZLE and most of us would still fly it. 787's were repeatedly catching fire for preventable reasons and we still flew them as if nothing happened. These days we only fear conspiracies with no evidence to support them. When the evidence is obvious we ignore it. To be clear I do not think the re-MAX is likely to be especially dangerous, but I do expect Boeing and the FAA to certify more needlessly defective aircraft in the future. That is why I will personally choose to avoid the MAX whenever possible. Not for what it is but for what it represents.
Those are the 737 MAX8-200s, the single class higher capacity MAX8s specially requested by Ryanair.
Which is to say it comes fourth behind schedules, profits, and pride.
More like you hide the defects, lie to the regulators, and punish the whistle blowers.
Right after the MAX received the least extensive initial safety review in modern commercial aviation history?
I would have no problem flying on the MAX as re-certified after the changes. Though I still like the A3xx series planes better.
January 8, 2021:
How many times have you repeated this same story and did it come from a pamphlet or something? If changing hearts and minds is so important maybe you could tell us which steps Boeing took to prevent their staff from deceiving regulators? Or when Boeing brass finally agreed that safety testing and analysis should be handled by independent resources? Or how they've ensured that future whistleblowers are no longer ignored and blacklisted?
Reassuring words from Pros, thanks!
I'm not reassured by patronizing hearsay that promises safety but explains nothing. Look at my post to see how he regurgitates the same talking points with no new information. What he leaves out is that his fiance's livelihood depends on millions of passengers reembracing the Max to maintain her future income. This specific revision may indeed be safe but the systemic failures that approved hidden flaws and glossed over known defects have yet to be fully resolved.
I'm gonna disagree on this Chris, Airline pilots are known for telling like it is !Remember, Captains have total command over the planes they fly.I doubt that any Sane or Sober Pilot would fly an unsafe Airplane full of people,including themselves
