Wow.
Over pilots’ objection, Boeing seeks safety exemption for MAX 7
Boeing asked the FAA to exempt its 737 MAX 7 from certain safety regulations. Without the exemption, an engine anti-ice system defect will keep the jet from being certified.www.seattletimes.com
OMG!!!Over pilots’ objection, Boeing seeks safety exemption for MAX 7
Boeing asked the FAA to exempt its 737 MAX 7 from certain safety regulations. Without the exemption, an engine anti-ice system defect will keep the jet from being certified.
This would be like asking me to remember to turn off the defrost for the outside rear view mirrors on my truck. I almost never remember to turn them off until I look down a couple of days later and see that the defrost is still on.
theaircurrent.com
Give this, and thisThis specific airplane has pressurization "issues" the day prior.
Alaska launches temporary grounding of 737 Max 9 fleet
Alaska Airlines is grounding its 65 737 Max 9 aircraft following a serious incident aboard a brand new Boeing 737 Max 9 that suffered a rapid decompression and an apparent in-flight loss of a mid-aft door and interior sidewall, according to an internal message sent to the airline's pilots. The...
en.m.wikipedia.org
It was like 10 weeks old. I'm not sure it would have even been touched by AA maintenance crews. Apparently they followed maintenance guides and pulled it from longer flights, but not sure why it wasn't checked.Give this, and this
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Wikipedia
one might wonder if they’re very good at maintaining aircraft.
Wow! I've only flown them once knowingly, from Seattle to Idaho Springs. At the time, they owned Horizon and the Horizon airframe had problems, so they brought down an Alaska plane and crew for the leg. One other time I had an Alaska crew, masquerading as Delta. I forgot how I found out, but it was a severe shortage of Delta crews after the Atlanta ice storm fiasco. As I left the plane, I just said to the attendant at the door "Thanks Alaska!" She flashed me a big smile...
www.cnbc.com
The really unnerving part is nobody wants to fly on these, but some airlines have already stopped listing them as 737 MAX at booking and just as 737. So, the consumer doesn't even have a say.
That seems like an extremely short loop and they should have some way of preserving the record in cases like this. Maybe it's a Boeing "feature" instead of a "bug"...
. I take back what I said about no way someone didn’t tighten all those bolts.
Did they even tightened it enough to compress the lock washer?
Yep. I’ll never willingly fly on one of these. I’ll turn around at the gate if I have to. So it’s going to end up being these weren’t properly secure/tightened and most likely vibrated off during normal operation.
pic from United
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