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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and the Boeing 737-9 Max
Listen on Apple, Spotify, direct, or wherever you get your podcasts. Airplanes having problems? Seems like a good reason for Dave and me…
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A Confusing Series of Events Following the Boeing 737-9 MAX Losing Its Plug Door
What a week it’s been in the airline industry. First there was the Japan Airlines A350 landing on a Dash-8, and now, we…
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Why Boeing Needs an Act of Congress Or Something Worse to Get the MAX 7 and 10 Aircraft Flying
As a general rule, if you need an act of Congress to make sure you don’t lose billions of dollars, then you…
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Allegiant’s Turn Toward Boeing Isn’t as Dramatic As You Might Think
Allegiant and Boeing announced last week that the airline would buy 50 737 MAX aircraft with options for another 50. On the…
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Eventually, You’ll Fly the MAX Again, But Nobody Will Make You Do It Now
The MAX is back, and I don’t really care. That may sound callous and strange, but really, that’s how airlines should want…
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Boeing’s Golden Opportunity Will Probably be Squandered
This doesn’t even need to be said, but I have to start this post somehow: It has been a terrible couple of…
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3 Links I Love: Brutally Boeing, Flybe Saved, American Fights in Boston
This week’s featured link December 2019 Letter – richardaboulafia.comI keep wanting to write about the ever-worsening situation at Boeing, but I just…
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3 Links I Love: Filling the Void, Boeing in a Pickle, Slots
This week’s featured link: Lufthansa to start flying to Ljubljana after Adria Airways’ collapse – ReutersQuestion: Oh no, what will happen if…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Capt Korry Franke on Flying the 737
You might recognize the name Korry Franke from this blog. He’s the Captain for United who wrote the book 3 Feet to…
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After Reading the Preliminary Report, A Change of Heart on the 737 MAX Grounding
After Ethiopian 302 crashed on takeoff from Addis Ababa, I thought the decision to ground the airplane was hasty. But now after…
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Whether the MAX Should Have Been Grounded or Not, Boeing Finds Itself in Hot Water
In my post last Thursday, I laid out why I thought the 737 MAX shouldn’t have been grounded with the information we…
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In Defense of Not Grounding the 737 MAX… Even Though It’s Now Grounded
When the 737 MAX operating Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed on takeoff from Addis Ababa last Sunday, the pressure immediately began to…