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As I wrote earlier, I am not flying with 737 Max until this issue is going to be addressed.

I have 4 flights on 737MAX8 in the next couple weeks. Not feeling great about it.

I wonder whether those flights will happen on those planes. There are only a few hundred MAXs in existence, and now two new ones have failed. Grounding the fleet wouldn't feel like an overreaction to me.

Absolutely. However, which group would you belong to later on:

- the one that avoided flying MAXs and it turned out to be something else

- the one that avoided flying MAXs and it turned out to be a problem with the MAX

- the one that did not avoid flying MAXs and it turned out to be something else

- the one that did not avoid flying MAXs and it turned out to be a problem with the MAX

I think it is much safer to be in the first two and potentially being labeled paranoid later on worst case.

I'm not sure why you say "however" or think we disagree. Maybe you misread my "wouldn't feel like an overreaction" as "would feel like an overreaction"?

I agree with grounding the fleet, especially if it's the case that an MCAS software update was already being prepared but not yet deployed.

Yeah exactly that. :)

Agreed. Debating booking a refundable ticket on another airline that doesn’t fly MAX in case of a grounding this week.

Looks like China's grounded all of theirs now.

My condolences to your family. But seriously, this is concerning and I feel terrible for the people that lost their lives and their families. What a terrible way to go. I cannot even imagine.

If it makes you feel better, the pilots on those flights are probably going to be more careful than ever now given the incidents.

That should already have been the case after the first incident. I would guess and hope they'll be grounded until MCAS is significantly reworked, if it was the cause. This level of risk is completely off the charts for modern airliner aviation.

I sure hope so. I’m more hoping they ground the fleet.

Is there a reliable way to tell which airplane type before booking?

Just wondering, do passengers have an option to chose the model of plane they are flying? Not flown around much so just genuinely asking.

I have been avoiding Boeings for years for different reasons, seems I am automatically protected against these ones too.

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