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.
It needs a "little" correction. The first delivery of Boeing 737 MAX 8 [B38M] was on May 6, 2017 to Malindo Air [9M-LRC]- a Lion Air subsidiary. They placed the aircraft into commercial service on May 22, 2017. Coincidently, that plane is now being operated in Indonesia by Lion Air, now coded as PK-LQK. Originally, SWA was intended to be the launch customer for B38M.
In other words, Boeing 737 Max 8 has only been flown commercially since May 6, 2017, less than 20 Months ago to be exact.