An oldie, but a goodie - in honor of the news with that Max model losing its Window at high altitudes.
It turns out engineering is important. Who could have known? /s
Fortunately this is The Onion and this would never never happen irl, right… RIGHT!?
Hey remember a few years ago when a good fraction of the most experienced pilots in the industry walked away from their cushy, heavily-seniority-privileged jobs, citing “safety” concerns in the airline industry? Sigh… good times, good times. :-D
I’m so sad that the above article is almost 14 years old.
This has never been more relevant after the side panel of one their jets just “fell off” today. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alaska-airlines-grounds-boeing-737-9-aircraft-wind-blew-out-1.7076487
At least it wasn’t the front that fell off.
Is that typical? For the front to fall off?
We’ll just tow it outside the environment.
That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
Some of them are built so the front doesn’t fall off!
