Originally Posted by
Arado 234
Getting back to the actual topic. I wonder if the Mad Dog retirement will be postponed. It seems like every day there are additional bits of news released about more software issues on the MAX. Are there any of the first 738s that planned to be retired?
They've already pushed back some retirements to reduce CAPEX due to Wall Street analysts fuming. After Sept without the MAXs we'll be down 30-ish airplanes when the 80s go away. I think they intended to use the surplus of aircraft over the summer to fly a more robust schedule.