Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”

SuperCub , 4 months ago

Fuck Boeing

frezik , 4 months ago

Maybe build high speed rail instead of planes, and forget about Boeing? Yes, trains need quality control, too, but not to the same level as planes.

doctornormal , 4 months ago

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Waldowal , 4 months ago

It's Alaska Airlines. Isn't this plane likely 15+ years old? Is Boeing directly involved in maintenance for the lifetime of the plane? Or, is this on Alaska Airlines, and they are shamelessly scapegoating because it's opportunistic to kick Boeing lately?

june , 4 months ago

Yea this feels like Alaska trying to get ahead of bad press

halloween_spookster , 4 months ago

The MAX series didn't go on its first flight with a customer until 2017. These are practically brand new planes.

ultranaut , 4 months ago

The one that ripped open while flying was only 3 months old.

brianorca , 4 months ago

The incident airplane was only 3 months out of the factory.

Waldowal , 4 months ago

Oh, that's pretty damning then. Just throwing half-assed planes out the door.

eestileib , 4 months ago

Boeing will splash around some more bribe money and do absolutely nothing.

turkalino , 4 months ago

Yeah, I hate to be morbidly pessimistic, but this is an American private company we're talking about: I don't think anything will be done until people die

bbkpr , 4 months ago

Payouts for the deaths would just be a cost of doing business.

turkalino , 4 months ago

Yep and it would probably be handled as a class action suit, so each grieving family gets $7.25

fastandcurious , 4 months ago

Well nothing, few months pass by and they will be back grinding for as much money as possible

RunningInRVA , 4 months ago

Yep. You cannot deny that Boeing is huge and basically a necessity on many levels. They will clean up their act, which is prudent, but this will all be behind us soon.

pineapplepizza , 4 months ago

They will clean up sweep their act under the carpet, which is prudent, but this will all be behind us soon.

kobra , 4 months ago

This is how I felt about Boeing the first couple times but at this point my trust is shattered. Can’t say I’ll ever fly on one again tbh.

BackOnMyBS , 4 months ago

How do you know the plane model when purchasing a flight?

surewhynotlem , 4 months ago

It's listed on the flight website. They need to know and show the model so you can pick seats.

Bartsbigbugbag , 4 months ago

Yep. I flew on a Max right before they were grounded the first time after all those people died, and had just begun to trust them again when this all happened. I changed my upcoming flight to Airbus even though it was more expensive because they were going to use a Max. As an extra, I ended up on the largest passenger jet in service, which is pretty cool.

fastandcurious , 4 months ago

Ironically as soon as i wrote this I heard the news that the MAX-9 will return to the sky from Friday

NatakuNox , 4 months ago

Your life is meaningless compared to a companies profits. Rather than scaping a plane that has already killed over 300 people, they want you to trust that these planes are now safe. No way in hell would any rational person step foot on a max 9. Any plane made by them should be worry some as well. Airbus proves more regulations is beneficial to industry

autotldr Bot , 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new, in-house inspections of the carrier's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes in the wake of a near-disaster earlier this month revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News senior correspondent Tom Costello, Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci discussed the findings of his company's inspections so far since the Jan. 5 incident, in which a panel on one of its Max 9 jets blew out midair on a flight carrying 177 people.

Following the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all Boeing Max 9 planes grounded and launched a safety investigation.

As a result, Alaska Airlines, whose fleet had the highest percentage of Max 9 planes among any major carrier, has spent weeks canceling and rearranging its schedule, leaving thousands of passengers scrambling.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said in a separate interview with CNBC on Wednesday that it is now contemplating a future for its fleet without the Boeing 737 Max 10, a newer version of the popular jet.

We are taking action on a comprehensive plan to bring these airplanes safely back to service and to improve our quality and delivery performance.

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