Originally Posted by
EIFFS
...How you get the public on board with the MAX will be interesting, airshows, discounted ticket prices, but the fuel burn is so much lower even Greta ought to get onboard...
Notes from the public (this SLF), having watched from the nosebleed seats here for almost a year now:
1. Allow true 3rd party test pilots/certifying agencies to fly the bare airframe w/o MCAS, and issue full reports on handling/safety and or anything else they find.
2. Figure out how to prove a the absence of other lurking faults, known (but kept secret) or unknown.
3. Find all the 737 pilots who have publicly stated (here and in wider media) THEY would never fly a MAX, and see if they would change their minds.
Since 2 is impossible, I'm never flying in a MAX. Period.
I could be convinced that MCAS will be fixed (am not yet...), but pretty much will never be convinced that a rushed retro fit of an antique airframe is really safe. Plus, pickle forks, slat rails, Boeing is not credible when they say they put safety first.