Yeah, This Ain't Good for Boeing

John Oliver explains how Boeing has f%$#ed itself up The Washington Post just published an article titled, "How to know if you’re scheduled on a Boeing for your next flight."

The fact that this is a thing does not bode well for the company:

U.S. airlines returned Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to service in late February, after a weeks-long grounding order from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA issued the order Jan. 5 after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight so the model could be inspected. The grounding of about 170 aircraft caused widespread cancellations. Since then, Boeing has made headlines for a spate of incidents on flights.

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If you’re scheduled to fly — or plan to book a flight in the coming weeks — here’s how to know what aircraft you’re flying on.

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Before you book a flight online, you can check the aircraft type scheduled for your desired route. On search engines such as Google Flights, the grid of results usually displays the model along with the departure time, the flight number, any layover city and other details.

Travel booking site Kayak offers a specific aircraft filter on the left-hand side of its flight search results page. Travelers can include or exclude certain aircraft models from a flight search, such as the Boeing 737 Max 9.

In February, a Kayak spokesperson said usage of the 737 Max filter increased threefold in the days after the Alaska Airlines incident. The company released an even more granular feature — the ability to distinguish between the Max 8 and Max 9 planes. Previously, both Max models were lumped together.

Truth be told, this information has been available for a long time, though flights are always subject to changes because of maintenance or similar issues, so the information is not a guarantee.

This is not news.

What IS news is that people are now asking aviation experts how to avoid flying on Boeing airliners.

If people start looking to avoid Boeing in significant numbers for a significant amount of time, Boeing is done as an airline manufacturer.