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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago
So this might be a little off-topic, but I don't post at Airliners.net and haven't found any quick-reference information related to the Boeing 737-MAX return to flight and figured there are lots of enthusiasts here with a bit of knowledge and, well anyhow. . .
I've been flying to/from Laredo Texas over the last year just about every month as my SO has been taking care of her ageing parents who live down there, and ever since covid the airlines have changed their schedules I've had to makes some adjustments in who I fly. . . ideally I fly United via Houston (IAH) from O'Hare (ORD), but their schedules have been less than ideal for me based upon my time off from work and whatnot, so I've been flying American via Dallas (DFW) on the last 14 trips I've taken. . . Now that covid seems to be waning a bit there has been an increase in ridership and the schedules appear to have changed again and I'm adjusting my itineraries back to United. . .
On my scheduled trip in May I've received a notification from United that my flights between Chicago and Houston will be on Boeing 737-MAX aircraft. . . this is kinda surprising as I haven't really been following the news about the MAX returning to service and am wondering how widespread this is among carriers with MAX aircraft in their fleet? I'm excited to fly on one as I've only had the opportunity once before to fly on a MAX plane back before it was taken out of service. . . I understand why they wouldn't want to make this a huge news story as there's nothing better to scare away customers than to remind people of an airplane disaster scenario. . .
Anyhow, thoughts?
Also wondering if there's any news on that ATS. . . seems like they're radio silent on how that's going. . .
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The Max was recertified to fly towards the end of 2020, and since then, many airlines have brought it back into service (including American, United, Alaska, Southwest)
I'll try to sum up the Max fiasco as best as I can, but basically the two crashed that happened were due to false data from the sensors which triggered MCAS and the pilots couldn't control it. MCAS was created because the size of the engines and how they were located further up on the wing on the 737 Max could cause the plane to stall, so MCAS was designed to push the plane down in the event of a stall.
The difference this time around is that MCAS relies on more sensors now, and pilots have the training and ability to easily override it if they have to.