[martimarkov]

I agree but it’s like the galaxy phone that had the battery issue. It just killed confidence with the consumer.

The investigation (and what we learned form it) into Boeing also didn’t help with confidence levels.

After a few new iterations nobody talks about the battery anymore. I’m not so sure how Boeing can turn this around relatively quickly.

[jryle70]

Southwest just placed a large order for 737MAX-7 two days ago - [0]. 100 firm orders plus 155 options. They may get a great deal from Boeing for all we know, but placing a large order during this terrible time for the airlines is a bet on the future of MAX as well as the industry recovery.

[0] - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/southwest-airlines-adds-100-...

Meta note, this relatively frequent aircraft incident gets a lot of votes here on HN, yet the Southwest's order falls off the crack. Objectivity is as scarce on HN as on any other media frequently criticized here.

[rualca]

> They may get a great deal from Boeing for all we know, but placing a large order during this terrible time for the airlines is a bet on the future of MAX as well as the industry recovery.

Is this supposed to mean anything? To me it reads like an airline managed to get a massive discount on inventory that a struggling aircraft manufacturer hasn't been able to move for about a year due to their repeated problems with safety and accountability, which led the whole world to drop their orders.

[sharken]

For starters they can reiterate what has been said here, that a common error occurred and not the original MCAS problem.

Not being open about it will have the opposite effect.

[HeWhoLurksLate]

Speaking of which, I have a friend that still runs a Note7

[fsckboy]

weren't those banned from flying on 737MAX's? (and all other aircraft)