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by pimpampum 892 days ago
Idea for a startup, a website that sells plane tickets exclusively avoiding Boeing planes. You have a customer waiting.
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All the other Boeing plane models are quite flight proven.

And also, airlines can switch planes at any time, you won't find out for sure what plane you are taking until you sit on it.

Unlikely an airline that doesn’t own or lease a max will swap one in.

Sadly the majority of people will choose the cheapest result and voting with your wallet doesn’t work. Which is why we need regulation and can’t leave things to the free market, despite what the libertarians say.

Sure, book an airline that doesn't have MAXes in their fleet. Only to find out that their partner airline do in fact.
> All the other Boeing plane models are quite flight proven.

Until they install a half-assed update coded by some underpaid Indian freelancer.

So you just want flights that have a Airbus plane?
Basically, yes. Boeing has proven unreliable time and again.
Kayak already has an aircraft filter, the many other flight comparison sites could easily add the same.
Perfect use for VC money: Reimburse customers when the airline switches planes or flights in perfectly legal manner and customers end up with a Boeing plane anyways.