Boeing 737 MAX 8

I was going to guess Alaska

I didn't have to guess. It's in the screen shot.

I didn't even notice that when I posted the screenshot.

Using your journalistic superpowers is cheating.

A United Airlines flight had to turn around after one of the toilets started leaking into the cabin, report says

At this point, if you're flying a United Boeing plane, you're just asking for trouble.

Fixed it.

this can't be the first time this has happened. Or is it the first time a flight actually turned around for such a thing.

https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...e-cowling-fell-off-during-takeoff-2024-04-07/

Apparently this one wasn't a MAX, but still
A Southwest Airlines flight safely returned to Denver International Airport early Sunday after a removable piece of metal that covers the engine fell off and struck a wing flap, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Boeing 737-800 plane was departing for William P. Hobby Airport in Houston at around 8:15 a.m. local time when the engine cowling fell off. Video posted to social media shows the metal segment flapping against the wing while it was still on the tarmac.

Whoops!

Okay, if you skip to about the 20-minute mark on this video, they play a clip taken by a passenger on a plane (don't know the airline or who made the plane), where the pilot comes on and says, "Hey folks, there's something a little wonky with one of the engines. They tell me that it's just a filter issue and that the plane is safe to fly. I'm sorry, but I don't feel comfortable flying this plane, so I've told them to get us a different one. I apologize if this screws up your plans, but I just don't feel confident taking this plane to Hawaii." The passengers applaud the captain.

Video here:

https://johnnyjet.com/im-not-really...plane-to-hawaii-twice-and-passengers-applaud/

And based on the information booklet in the back of the seat, the plane is an Airbus 321neo.

Air Canada Boeing jet makes emergency stop in Boise. No word on what the emergency was.

Anyone wanna put money on what it was?

I bet they forgot to install the windows!

I didn't know Boise had an airstrip big enough for a Boeing

The windows don’t arrive until Tuesday.

We've seen windows fall out of planes too many times for that to not be possible.

I am pretty sure they should regard flying in a boeing to be an emergency at this point.

A whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed. The FAA is investigating.

How long before the whistleblower commits suicide?

Let's hope that whistleblower doesn't have dinner plans. He's going to suddenly decide to commit suicide in a few days.

No way. He'll fall out a window.

Speaking of United, skip to about the 11-minute mark on this video to see an example of what they thought of their flight attendants back in the 60s (*spoiler alert* It ain't good.)

Boeing whistleblower says 787 fleet should be grounded

Boeing Whistleblower Says Company Is Involved in a 'Criminal Cover-up'

Back on those days, flight attendanta were forced to retire by the age of 32 because they weren't considered sexy after 35 :|

Then there was Pacific Southwest Airways, which was famous for it's knockout flight attendants (stewardesses as they were known back then). Even though I was barely a teenager they made quite an impression on me the one time I flew PSA. To this day, I suspect that Hugh Hefner was the airline's consultant for hiring flight attendants...
It's worth remembering that the original flight attendants had to be registered nurses...y'know...just in case they were flying Boeings...

It is a good thing we have a guy who has never met deregulation of big companies he didn't like, and Donald "Give me a buck to destroy any regulations" trump as our choices in the next election.

It is almost like you get what you vote for when you demand nothing of your politicians. Can someoine please show me where Biden is doing better than Trump in this matter? I am trying to find it, and it seems to me that electing Biden actually makes people feel like something is being done, which it isn't. At least with Trump you know the regulations are fucked, so those of us who do not want to die can try to stay away from danger.

Not that you really can stay away from the dangers of no regulations, but I do not want to be thousands of feet above the ground when my death becomes imminent. If I crash to my death I really don't want to think about it while falling to the earth.