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I wish there were regulations that forced airlines to make it known to customers which airplane they will be flying on. It is my understanding that airlines can post this information, but then in the end, it it up to their discretion at time of flight which plane model to use.

I do not want to step on a 737 Max, if that means throwing away my Southwest points, then so be it.

And searching on this, to see if Southwest had returned to using 737 Max planes, which they have, I found this: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/legal...

Seems they had a hand in all of this as well.

Most airlines would only have one of Airbus A320 series/737 series, so if you get a ticket for an airline only flying the former, it's highly unlikely you'll get switched to a 737 (Max or otherwise). The exception is code sharing/wet leasing/airline alliances (e.g. you might get an Iberia plane when booked with British Airways).

If it’s Boeing, I’m not going.

If it ain’t Boeing I ain’t going.

Not joking?

parent was quoting the original mini-poem, created after Scarebus* had many pilot induced issues due to the new paradigms in the cockpit (sidesticks, etc.) -- *-term from the same era