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		inferiorhuman on Nov 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the Boeing 737 will never take the place of th... As I understand it, all 737s pre-MAX are fine; you want to avoid the MAX planes because of MCAS and the new engine placement. Yeah, just don't pay too much attention to the structural problems that Boeing is having with the 737 NG (cracked pickle forks). The inspection threshold keeps getting lower and the scope of the inspections keeps growing.

iknowalot on Nov 10, 2019 [–]

What a branding disaster, tack on the name of reliable series of crafts to a flying suicide machine and destroy the whole line.

I'm sure many customers will avoid 737s in general due to confusion.

dredmorbius on Nov 10, 2019 | [–]

Branding is like leverage. There's a downside that goes with the upside.

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