How do you find out which aircraft is scheduled for my route? I don’t see that on the reservation or boarding pass? (I had just checked in online).
So I guess there were concerns “with the MAX 8 nose down stuff” back in November. I wonder if it is only because of the Lion air flight or if there had been other events that were noticeable.
ETA - from the same article
Crap…on the Max 8 tomorrow with no other options for changes. Going to go with statistics being in our favor…
luckily the return is on a 737-800.
Sorry to hear that @sunnyschool , but just remember the stats are with you. But I know how you must feel.
I’m flying tomorrow on Southwest. As of yesterday the outgoing flight was on a Max 8 and showed an option to change the flight, This morning it shows a different plane for the same flight.
Now I’m worried about weather and the roads at our destination, and Southwest is allowing weather related flight changes, which don’t really help us. If the whole thing gets cancelled, there will be a college crossed offf son’s list.
Trump just announced that the US will ground all 737 Max 8 and Max 9 planes. About time.
Whoever made that decision, their hands were forced.
I think there are going to be tough times for Southwest for awhile. Besides taking all these planes out of service, they are fighting with and suing their mechanics union for illegal job actions during negotiations. They are accusing them of grounding large numbers of airplanes due to minor issues. Until they work this out, things are not going to be pretty. Throw in a little weather at major airports, and you have a mess.
Good!!! I’m so glad to hear that. So, I was able to change my flight 2 days ago. I’d love to switch it back. Would you do it now, or wait? Might not be seats if I wait.
Your original flight might not go at all. I’d sit tight with the seat you’ve got.
Phew! glad that they are being cautious at this point as I and many loved ones are flying in the near future.
Ok, thanks. I was thinking the same thing. It might get all changed so just sit tight.
Over cautious or not, I think grounding the planes is the best action. Better to be wrong by grounding them than wrong by flying them. Up to 175 passengers and crew could have been at risk due to a defect. At this point, a known defect if what seems to have happened is what actually happened. Prevention is better than wishing something had been prevented.
Finally!
Pilots have been reporting this glitch since November. The greed of Boeing is astounding.
@partyof5 - see what our resident pilot said a few posts back. “This glitch” which was reported is not what was going on in the Lion Air crash.
It may not be obvious which future flights get cancelled on Southwest, since the Max 8 and -800 are both 175 seat aircraft and can be substituted for each other. For example, if a future flight that was to use a Max 8 aircraft was full and more important for aircraft and crew positioning than a not-full -800 flight, it may make sense to give the -800 aircraft to the flight that was to use a Max 8 aircraft. Or a flight that has fewer than 143 (+ overbooking margin) passengers may have a -700 aircraft substituted, with an even less full flight that was to use a -700 aircraft cancelled.
I think I’d go with the flight that has backups, in case my original flight is cancelled, given a choice. The fewer legs, the better. Then I would monitor it in the days ahead of time, and be ready to jump on another flight if it cancels. With flight cancellations, the backup flights sell out pretty quickly as everyone figures it out and jumps on board.
Ralph Nader’s great niece was on the Ethiopia flight. She had gotten a MPH from the University of Copenhagen and was working on global health issues.
We just had lucking switching SW flight from Thurs to Fri. College visit trip to what appears to be son’s favorite but yet is the one school we didn’t visit…we visited like 25 schools!
Watching for aircraft changes though!