[whbk]

Yeah, in my case it was a pretty straightforward situation with 1 airline not having the 8max at all (despite an article saying otherwise?) and my other flights being on 737-700's. I read a fair bit about this whole mess today and saw some posts saying there was a way to use SeatGuru to reliably distinguish between Max 8 / legacy 737-800, but I didn't need to dig that much myself and as you noted especially for flights far out, they can't guarantee equipment won't be swapped.

[inferiorhuman]

The MAX is pretty easy to identify visually. The engine nacelles have those chevrons like the 787 and the APU has a conical exhaust (look at the back of an older 737 and it's flat like a screwdriver turned sideways).

[sheeshkebab]

The death will be quick - why worry so much?

[krageon]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say they don't want to die.

[rbanffy]

From touching the ground to brain death may be a short time, but from realizing the plane is going to crash to brain death, not so much.