Originally Posted by
FreshWater
60 minutes is entertainment disguised as cutting edge journalism. G4 doesn’t have the HR spin doctor machine of other airlines, so we make an easy target. Let’s stick with the facts, we haven’t had any fatalities and/or exploding engines ripping holes in the fuselage. All airbus fleet now. No Max’s in sight.
While talking about facts...
SWA had nothing to do with the engine explosion, it was design and mfg. weakness.
No US airline had any max fatalities or accidents.
Airbus has had issues too, don't think you're immune because you fly a bus. It's sure easy to fly (I'm lazy, I like easy), but when things go wrong it can get weird.
G4 most certainly did have a bad era. There was a whole lot of smoke and everybody in the industry new it long before 60 minutes cashed in. You may have relied on luck to not kill anyone, but that would have run out eventually.
As a pilot, I wouldn't necessarily re-write history just yet... you might doom yourself to repeat it someday (unless you've had a complete flush of management and a change in corporate philosophy). Your bosses didn't do the right thing because it was the right thing, they did it because they got caught.