[gambiting]

>>Even if they return them to service, who is going to fly on them? You?

I never understood this. Are you ever in a situation where you have the luxury of chosing a plane you fly on? I fly several times a year, mostly with Ryanair/EasyJet/Jet2 and those are the only airlines that fly to the destinations I need to fly to. It's not like I can chose and say "oh no, Ryanair flies the MAX, so I'll fly Lufthansa instead". There is no choice in that matter at all. If Ryanair replaces their entire fleet with 737 MAX tomorrow, then that's what I will fly - the alternative is either a 30 hour long train journey, or flying with someone else with 1-2 changes for 5x the price.

[Filligree]

On the flip side, the two destinations I regularly fly to have three airlines each, two of which use Airbus.

I absolutely do have a choice, and I'm not going to fly Boeing until further notice. Apart from the whole 737 Max thing, Airbus' planes are just much quieter internally.