Boeing 737 Max: The passengers boycotting the embattled airplane | CNN
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Some frequent travelers are refusing to fly the Boeing 737 Max – the plane under scrutiny for safety flaws that have come to light following the Alaska Airlines incident. Here’s why they would ‘absolutely not fly that plane.’

If you scroll down to Torleif Stumo there’s a quite interesting story. I was amazed that an aircraft that started to taxi returned to the gate and reconnected to let a passenger exit who discovered he was on a 737 max – and that the airline rebooked him at no extra cost. Then I realized after my speed-reading what I missed: this guy was the brother of a passenger who was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines flight. I wonder if it was Ethiopian Airlines that he was gave him the extra sympathetic treatment.

The article starts with another passenger demanding to exit after the gate disconnected, upon finding he was on a 737 Max. They omitted how he was treated w.r.t costs. I’m sure all airlines probably have in their contract of carriage a clause that allows them to change aircraft and presumably the passengers have no rights. I say that because you aren’t even guaranteed a layover. E.g. if your ticket is from New York to California via layover in Vegas, and for whatever reason the airline needs to reroute you last minute connecting in Detroit instead, the contract of carriage allows them to make changes is substantial as that and passengers have /no rights/ in that regard so long as the airline reaches the final destination on the correct day.

booking sites withhold aircraft

It always annoys me when a air travel booking site withholds the aircraft info. I used to be able to find the matching flight on matrix itasoftware but that site seems to be getting less reliable (random acts of tor hostility). The article mentions an effort underway to change that.

Relevance

Superficially this article seems unrelated to sustainable travel. But Boycotts on Boeing are actually inherently pro-environment because Boeing is an #ALEC member and ALEC finances the #climateDenial movement. Boycotting all air travel would be as well, but some are forced to choose the lesser of evils in which case avoiding Boeing is at least more sustainable (avoids supporting a green-washing ALEC member).

    • activistPnk@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Ah, I made a bad assumption. I figured you were in the same camp of nixing the Max but not the rest.

      The masses just hear repeated headlines of 737 Max failing. Thus they only think the problem is with the nuts and bolts of that aircraft. I highly suggest people watch the hour-long PBS documentary which details the business decisions Boeing makes when a problem becomes known to them. If everyone watched the documentary we would likely see people trying to exit any Boeing aircraft not just the Max.