Update: I flew !!! [Trip to Las Vegas 2nd Thoughts Boeing Problems]

2-29-24 I wonder if there will be criminal charges in the future?

I think every worker involved with that door needs to be fired... and maybe charged

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/justice-department-probing-boeing-midair-door-plug-blowout/ar-BB1j4IOH

Well, I'm flying to CA, this Friday, on American. We'll see what happens. 

Posted on Twitter/X, Feb 25 at 6:40 pm.  Take what you will from it.

I’m done with Boeing. On my flight here, the compartment behind me wouldn’t close. On the flight back, my seat was broken. When I raised this issue, the flight attendant was like “well if we bring this up we won’t be able to take off.”

Then we had a maintenance issue. “There’s some rare red light on.” I overheard most of the maintenance conversation. The plan was to solve it like an old person fixes a computer problem. Unplug it and plug it back in! They did this 3x and then “they got enough voltage into it for the light to turn off.”

We’re very late at this point. The fu*king front wheel on this plane does not sound right. Anyways, we take off. Flight does not feel right. We go up and then down. Nothing too drastic. Then the flight attendant gets on the phone for a long conversation. Hmm.

Eventually the pilot comes on all serious “automation is broken, we can’t get altitude. We have to go back to the airport we took off from. Don’t be alarmed by the emergency vehicles. This is normal for when the plane lands ‘heavy’.”

We circle for a while and possibly dump some fuel into the ocean. Thankfully we landed safely but what a sh*t show. The seat and the luggage compartment seem like small issues but if they’re not doing maintenance and quality control on the small stuff they’re missing the big important stuff too. This was a post-merger Boeing. 737-800. Tired of this.

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Boeing needs to find out who worked on the door and EVERY ONE OF THEM needs to be fired

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13110213/Boeing-fires-737-Max-chief-fuselage-panel-blew-Alaska-Airlines-plane-exposed-litany-safety-failings-sparked-30BILLION-market-selloff.html

Found on the Internet (not a link to an article) so I can't verify the numbers, but lines up with what I've read about Boeing

Hopefully new 'new' attention by the airlines and FAA will improve quality

2-7-24 This one says photo evidence that the 4 bolts were not installed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/4-bolts-missing-from-alaska-airlines-door-plug-before-blow-out-ntsb-report/ar-BB1hSLdB

I'm still thinking about my flight... but right now I plan to go... all of the planes have been inspected and approved by the FAA (which did not do a good job of inspection before, but is now adding inspectors) so I don't think there will be more problems

2-6-24 Evidence is that the 4 bolts were never installed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/boeing-plane-was-missing-key-bolts-from-door-plug-in-alaska-airlines-incident-ntsb/ar-BB1hSJzE

1-30-24 Talks more about 'money culture' instead of 'quality culture'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boeing-max-9s-start-flying-again-but-critics-question-safety-after-door-panel-blowout/ar-BB1htICa

More about the 'possibly' missing door bolts - article dated 1-29-24

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/signs-suggest-alaska-airlines-plane-lacked-bolts-when-it-left-boeing-factory/ar-BB1hpXVc

ADDED - shoddy work and shoddy record keeping
"couldn’t be determined how many people were involved with work on the plug door"

Alaska is flying again as of 1-26-24 - The Alaska CEO made one comment about 'many' loose bolts, so now I wonder if Alaska and/or the FAA will ever release a public report with an actual number... and if Boeing and/or the Spirit contractor will receive an FAA fine

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/alaska-airlines-has-begun-flying-boeing-max-9-jetliners-again-for-the-first-time-friday/ar-BB1hlNOT