Originally Posted by
groundbum
I'd think the airlines are desperate to get the MAX back in the air. They've got the reputational damage from cancelling flights, the sky high costs from leasing in adhoc aircraft to cover the routes they are flying, and they are run by beancounters these days then just want the pennies rolling into the coffers, safety be damned. And in Europe we're coming into the super busy summer season when they make the money to get them through next winter.
G
I think even the greediest airlines (who said Ry
air!?) realize that reputational damage will be much worse if their planes start falling out of the sky. And they can't be too desperate - the number of planes in the fleet is relatively low and the percentage is even lower. And of course there are lots of used 737NGs waiting in the desert to be deployed for this emergency. I think in this particular case airlines, maybe for the first time in this century, are actually interested in full investigation and finding the root cause. I may be wrong of course.