[philsnow]

I've had similar thoughts, but how does that work for you in practice?

If you book a flight that says it's an airbus plane and then you show up and the airline had to sub in a boeing plane, do you just cancel your trip?

If you don't have the expensive tickets that allow same-day rebooking, I can't imagine any airline would humor an attempt to get a refund or to have them waive a rebooking fee.

Similarly if you're traveling for business and your company has paid for the ticket, some companies let you book your own travel and then get it reimbursed, but presumably you're needed at the destination so if the day of travel comes and the plane is an airbus and you "nope" out of there, you're going to have to hope that your work is okay with your explanation.

All of this is because "if it's boeing, I ain't going" can seem alarmist or reactionary since the FAA has so far declined to drop the hammer on them.

[taylodl]

In practice, you can only (reasonably) minimize your odds of flying on Boeing. That means "no" to Southwest Airlines. It means "yes" to Frontier Airlines, whose entire fleet consists only of Airbus planes. Thank goodness where I'm located and often need to go to are well-served by Frontier Airlines!

BUT - many airlines operate a mixed fleet. Book on an Airbus. They rarely change planes, but if they do, say your prayers! Unless you have tickets easily allowing you to re-book, which most of us aren't purchasing.

[rootusrootus]

That's a tough one. I care more about the airline than the airliner, and Frontier definitely is not near the top of my list.

[jen20]

It’s often possible to take a suboptimal route to avoid a Boeing. For example, if I fly Austin to San Francisco, it could well be a MAX, but if I go to SJC via LAX instead it is almost guaranteed not to be.

[verzali]

How much more dangerous is it to take two flights (and two different planes with varying ages and maintenance records, plus two landings and take offs), than to take one Boeing?