American Airlines Wants to Win Back Trust in Its Boeing 737 Max Jets by Making Its Execs Fly on Them

https://gizmodo.com/american-airline...-ma-1835501672

American Airlines has a plan for convincing consumers that the Boeing 737 Max
aircraft in its fleet are safe for flight: Stick their top brass on them and see
how it goes.

American Airlines chief Doug Parker said during a shareholders meeting this week
that executives and other staff would take flights on the 737 Max jets before
the carrier would ask its customers to do so, Bloomberg reported Thursday. That
is, hm, certainly one idea.

In an emailed statement to Gizmodo about the move, a spokesperson for American
Airlines said that it is “confident that the impending software updates, along
with the new training elements Boeing is developing for the MAX, will lead to
recertification of the aircraft soon.”

“Our team continues to work collaboratively with the FAA, Boeing and the Allied
Pilots Association in this process,” the spokesperson said. “We have the utmost
confidence in our fleet, which is flown by our highly-trained pilots. Our
customers can be assured that an American Airlines pilot would never operate an
unsafe aircraft.”

The decision follows what has been a disastrous public relations period for both
Boeing as well as the airlines who have 737 Max jets in their fleets. Boeing’s
737 Max planes were ordered grounded in March following two separate deadly
crashes that killed 346 people. And as it’s not clear when the planes will again
be cleared for commercial flight, airlines with the jets in their fleet have
been forced to continue canceling flights.

American Airlines announced this week that it would extend cancellations of
flights through Sep. 3, writing in a notice that roughly 115 flights per day
would be canceled as a result. Southwest Airlines, which also has 737 Max jets
in its fleet, also announced this week that it would be canceling roughly 100
flights per day through the beginning of September.

Will American Airlines putting its top brass on aircraft involved in the deaths
of hundreds of people restore consumer trust? Who the hell knows. Surveys around
flyers’ sentiment toward the planes appear to be mixed. It’s certainly bold
though, they can have that.





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Miloch wrote in
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https://gizmodo.com/american-airline...rust-in-its-73
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American Airlines has a plan for convincing consumers that the Boeing
737 Max aircraft in its fleet are safe for flight: Stick their top
brass on them and see how it goes.



It is the Boeing execs that need to be
flying in them.