You think the airlines would cancel their orders for Boeing 737 Max 8, and if they do have them, return them to Boeing?
“You think the airlines would cancel their orders for Boeing 737 Max 8, and if they do have them, return them to Boeing?”
Well, I think the consumer, flying public, will make the ultimate decision. If paying customers are willing to fly on the plane - and there’s no more incidents for a few years the plane may survive. But, if flyers refuse to book flights on this plane then it production will cease. The only plane that I can think of to use for guidance is the British Comet. After WWII the Brits were ahead of us in jet technology and were the first to introduce a jet powered passenger plane, the Comet. However, it soon had several crashes (thinking metal fatigue, not going to bother Googling). And, the plane was grounded and production discontinued for awhile till problems were corrected. Eventually, the Comet production was restarted and became a reliable plane and flew for several years. But, in the meantime Boeing introduced the 707 which totally dominated passenger jet travel. The Brits never recovered. Anyway, we shall see....