A very different question. Will airline passengers be willing to fly on one? This problem doesn't go away when Boeing says the problem is fixed or when American and Southwest say they're ready to go. Who will be the first to return them to service? Will we believe all we're told now, knowing we were not told the whole truth before?
I don't know. I trusted Tylenol because of how transparent and how quick their response was.
I lost trust for Bridgestone and never got it back.
I will never deal with Wells Fargo if they're the last bank of earth and that's in spite of the ownership share of my former boss.
Ford was badly hurt by the fake NBC feature highlighting their very real fire problem. Toyota not so much for their accelerator issue.
I know I would not board the first 737 Max returned to service by American. It may be the most inspected ever and my thinking may be irrational, but I'm not going to be the first. A year or so later, I'd likely think nothing of it. What I don't know is how the overall flying public will act. Normally the average flyer doesn't even think about what plane they're on but this one has gotten and continues to get way too much publicity. Major airlines blaming their deflated earnings on it, only keeps it in the headlines. Flights and routes being cancelled do the same.
Then the question of Boeing's relationship with the airlines. They've had a lot of orders cancelled and others not made or on hold.
On the other hand, the public sometimes shocks me. An Ice Cream, Blue Bell, apparently huge in Texas and surrounding areas. Listeria widespread, many deaths. The managers of the company knew of the problem and did nothing even after that knowledge. Finally all ice cream production halted. Same people still running the company and say all is well now, which on one occasion has already been disproved. I can't understand for the life of me why anyone trusts those who lied to them before and only stopped when forced. I will never eat their product again.
What is it, "Lie to me once, shame on you. Lie to me twice, shame on me."
I don't know. I trusted Tylenol because of how transparent and how quick their response was.
I lost trust for Bridgestone and never got it back.
I will never deal with Wells Fargo if they're the last bank of earth and that's in spite of the ownership share of my former boss.
Ford was badly hurt by the fake NBC feature highlighting their very real fire problem. Toyota not so much for their accelerator issue.
I know I would not board the first 737 Max returned to service by American. It may be the most inspected ever and my thinking may be irrational, but I'm not going to be the first. A year or so later, I'd likely think nothing of it. What I don't know is how the overall flying public will act. Normally the average flyer doesn't even think about what plane they're on but this one has gotten and continues to get way too much publicity. Major airlines blaming their deflated earnings on it, only keeps it in the headlines. Flights and routes being cancelled do the same.
Then the question of Boeing's relationship with the airlines. They've had a lot of orders cancelled and others not made or on hold.
On the other hand, the public sometimes shocks me. An Ice Cream, Blue Bell, apparently huge in Texas and surrounding areas. Listeria widespread, many deaths. The managers of the company knew of the problem and did nothing even after that knowledge. Finally all ice cream production halted. Same people still running the company and say all is well now, which on one occasion has already been disproved. I can't understand for the life of me why anyone trusts those who lied to them before and only stopped when forced. I will never eat their product again.
What is it, "Lie to me once, shame on you. Lie to me twice, shame on me."