webecheck

Alligator closest to the boat bro. We have more airplanes than we need, let alone more that we’ve paid for which are incapable of producing revenue. I’d say it was a savvy move all things considered.

iwannafly

And cheap max planes for sale for the foreseeable future I would think.

Grumpyaviator

I think the max is far from a lemon. Two incompetent crews (I know it’s currently xenophobic to suggest third world flight crews aren’t trained well, but it is what it is) failed to fly the airplane during a system abnormality (something simple like reduce to a flyable thrust setting) and the fleet is grounded and the plane subject to more scrutiny than any other in history. You’re naturally gonna find some bugs with that kind of inspection, and yes it should’ve been caught sooner.

The plane is an outdated dinosaur and should’ve been replaced a decade ago, but it’s not a lemon.

Historically the airline and manufacturer would have conspired to throw the crew under the bus, but again that wouldn’t have been politically correct this time. If it had been US crews, they would’ve already called it pilot error, case closed, and the plane never would’ve been grounded.

9mikemike

Amen brother.....Lifetime 737 flyer and what those 2 crews did to themselves, to their pax and ultimately to Boeing is just shy of criminal....What those two airlines did by allowing gross incompetence to rule on any given day is criminal and should be punished with prison time!!!

WarEagle28

Currently oil is at $11

82spukram

To be some what fair in the lion air’s crash maintenance played big part.

Grumpyaviator

true that.......

full of luv

Yes but if were going to allow third world nations to set up and operate LCC's all over the world, the planes need to pretty much infallibly fly themselves otherwise there will be problems.

There is a reason Ethiopian airlines is/was so large, and it's not because Addis Ababa was horribly underserved compared to demand.

sailingfun

People who lease aircraft are not stupid. They fully recognize what you post. Those risks are priced into the lease contracts.

sky jet

We've seen this movie before but it was directed by fellows named Ichan, Lorenzo and Wolfe among others. It is a short term fix at best. The names above did it to mine the value out of the airlines before using bankruptcy to rid themselves of the assets that they had leveraged. I believe todays executives are trying to maximize cash on hand but as mentioned above bankruptcy might very well be the end result. The managers will be long gone and the employees will once again be left holding the bag like Ray's Music Exchange in the Blues Brothers.