I’m flying on the MAX9 next Wednesday and I’m kind of nervous. I’m always anxious before flying but in a good way. I know Boeing resolved the problem after all the crashes on the MAX. Just for some reason this flight is making me a bit nervous. Not sure if it’s because of how the MAX use to fly or if it’s excitement.
What are your thoughts?
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Thank you all for the replies, feeling much better about flying on it.
EDIT #2
3 more days : ) can’t wait!
Not at all. I flew on the B38M twice and its such a great and modern aircraft. It was grounded for more than 1 and a half year and every aircraft went through maintenance, design changes and new training requirements were stipulated. The MAX is one of the safest aircraft to fly right now.
Really? wow well that makes me feel a lot better lol
I was a bit nervous, too. The MAX was thoroughly checked afterward, but Boeing has accumulated a trackrecord of negativity over the past years. Besides the 300+ casualties, production errors are frequent both with the MAX and other types, the result of their negative corporate culture trimmed on profits. The likelihood of something happening regarding MCAS is very slim to none, but Boeing has kept quiet about known issues in the past, so you can’t be 100% that nothing is gonna happen. Its unlikely but more plausible compared to their older airframes in my opinion.
Don’t be nervous, the max is one is the greatest airplanes and the only reason there is many crashes was due to the fact that the MAX 9 was rushed to compete with the A320neo. You’ll come out of the plane the same as you went in. They have fixed all the design flaws. 😊
I was only nervous to fly the max when it was on Ryanair 😂
Also, I felt nervous safe the plane on Alaska Airlines for the first time new Boeing 737 MAX 9 flew from KSEA/SEA to PANC/ANC last in December 2021. Now, I have 3 times B737MAX9 again, too.
The Max was rushed. That’s why there was so many crashes. It was rushed to compete with other aircraft’s, However everything is fine. I have flew Alaska Air 737 Max 9 Many Many times, Even got to fly in a 2 month old 737m9
In short, no.
I have flown on the B737 MAX twice (once on the 8, once on the 9), felt totally fine about it.
For school last year, I read Peter Robinson’s Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing, and wrote a lengthy report on it. Basically, the fix boils down to this: the software that ran MCAS used information from only 1 AoA sensor, making it a single point of failure system…
In both MAX crashes, the AoA sensor had been replaced and misaligned, leading MCAS to think the aircraft was climbing at a much higher rate then it actually is. Boeing scrapped the software, then completely remade it, using not one, or two, but 4 angle of attack sensors to corroborate information.
On top of that, pilots are specifically training in false MCAS activations, which can be disabled at the flick of a switch.
The MAX is actually a very quiet, comfortable plane from a passenger standpoint. I quite enjoyed it over the NG series.
Have a great flight!
This is true. To compete with the A320neo, Boeing rushed to build a new and improved plane.
On top of that, Southwest Airlines pressured Boeing to make a new plane that didn’t require additional simulator training, which is time consuming and expensive. Boeing agreed, and decided to omit mention MCAS from the flight manual, thinking that the FAA would want pilots to train and be prepared for a false activation, or at least be trained in what it is. According to an American Airlines 737 MAX captain interviewed by the Congressional committee, MCAS is only mentioned in the appendix with no real explanation of what it is.
This is not just a conspiracy theory, rather something concluded by the Congressional investigation into the crashes, and proved by internal emails and memos between Boeing Executives.
I flew the max 9 two days ago and I can admit I was slightly nervous but everything when we’ll and I landed in ORD safely.
I flew the max 8 twice, no problems at all. Don’t be nervous to fly it.
I’m flying the max8 2 times during Christmas and a couple of times in the summer
Also too my half-brother and I will be taking to ride the plane on Alaska Airlines is a Boeing 737-900ER or MAX 9 again will flying the travel to DC Area next 2 weeks left soon. We’ll be safe plane new B39M hope.
Kinda related, but don’t you have in your bio that you’ve flown on a MAX 9 already…?
Nope; as long as there’s a way for the pilots to override the computer (and the manufacturer tells them about it) then yeah I’ll fly in anything. Even an Airbus lol.
I flew on one 2 hours ago. Comfortable ride, I trust that all regulations are followed, and IMO it might be the safest aircraft in the skies.
My only fear of flying the max is the mini bathrooms United had installed
I get nervous on any 737 lol
Perhaps this could be balanced out by the fact that they tend to be newer airframes than let’s say an -800, which means less time for corner-cutting maintenance or wear and tear to take hold.
In short, I wouldn’t worry at all. To this day, the MAX has flown almost 2 million passenger flights so statistically you’re safe 999,999 times out of 1 million (and, this number will hopefully only go up in the future). I’ve flown the MAX 3 times, twice pre-incidents and once post incidents and the only thing I have to say about it is that it’s a nice, comfortable, quiet, albeit narrow aircraft.