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Old 01-06-2024 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Stratoliner
Insane that Boeing still has the same CEO. Insane that Boeing didn't rebrand the 737 MAX after the whole debacle. Who knows what caused this door event, could be a systemic problem, or a one-off bad luck (bad metallurgy in the bolts). Either way, if they had rebranded the 737 MAX and this was the 'Boeing Stratoliner' or something like that the press wouldn't be nearly as bad on this event. But the people running this company are obviously incompetent.
The CEO was replaced after the MCAS debacle, in early 2020.

There was an attempt to rebrand as "737-8", "737-9" etc which didn't seem to fully take off. I have seen safety cards labeled that way.
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