Originally Posted by
Livesinafield
Guys, think people need to ease of the aircraft a little as if its got some huge design defect especially until we have some more facts, bear in mind many operators have been using this type for a fair while southwest nearly 3 years, with no such issues, also bear in mind that both operators here that have managed to "fly it into the ground" have very questionalble safety records as an operator.
For the record, Southwest’s first MAX revenue flight was October 1, 2017. Closer to 1.5 years than 3 years. Yes, Southwest has flown it a lot, and has a lot of data, but it’s not three years of data.
Hoke