Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
I would think a major tail strike issue would be the subject of pilot bulletins, training bulletins, monthly fleet newsletters, etc. Haven't seen any of those.
I fly the 900ER thinking "fly it like your grandmother with arthritis and not move anything too fast!"
Actually, there have been mentions of it in the 737 Bulletins and the ASAP Newsletter and in pilot bulletins in the past. There is also information posted on the bulletin board in EWR and they are making it a point to discuss the issue during the MV/LOE...so the info is oput there, they aren't going to go public and scare the beejesus out of the flying public by making it a big issue, which it is btw, as they are averaging about one per week.
I will have to say that IMHO this is not one of Boeing's best designs. Add three inches to the struts and there would be no more tailstrikes, but the argument goes that it would have to be certified as a different aircraft, which again is BS as the 735 an 738 are the same class and catagory as the 737-8-9. Whew...