Canada's Flair Airlines Acquiring Boeing 737 MAX - 737

Canada's Flair Airlines Acquiring Boeing 737 MAX

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:22:09 +0000

A small Canadian airline has just become the latest customer for the Boeing 737 MAX.

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Dee — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:30:29 +0000

I am flying Charlottetown to Toronto tomorrow morning and just now realized it’s in a 737 max that has been grounded for crashing! I’m a fearful foyer already and I’m very scared learning this. Any advice would be helpful.

Azamaraal — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 05:19:11 +0000

@Walter Stamper Didn't realize how easy it would be to design and build a totally new ecological airplane in this day and age. Am looking forward to flying on the WalterStamper100X in a few years. Between now and then I'll probably take the safest airplane in the air at the moment (other than the C Series Bombardier) - the MAX

Walter Stamper — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:59:38 +0000

Thank you for the feedback, everyone. Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but I think I'll wait 10 years for Boeing to ensure the Max is safe before I consider tempting fate riding on one. I think the better plan is for me to simply build my own new plane; I think there's space in the market for a new design, improvement, and efficiency over the current legacy designs. That'll keep me too busy to fly on current tech and be a boon to the industry. Well, I guess it's time to get to work on it; cheers.

monte — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:51:22 +0000

@Walter Stamper not really the case in Canada most Boeing pilots in Canada are among the highest trained in the world, we have been getting many US 787 pilots Canadian certification for the aircraft as well as 737 and now the max ... for example I got hired by a us airline with a big signing bonus and I got a signing bonus in December because certification levels are much higher in canada, I was told I would be apart of new leadership "study" program for current pilots even though many are 3 decades older than me. this is why you see many Canadian / Canadian certified pilots operating in us. after they received signing bonus, they also don't t generally opt for an extension with the us airline

Joe h — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:21:10 +0000

@ Walter Stamper, couldn't agree more, as far as laid off pilots yes there are some 737 pilots but probably not fully retrain max pilots. The plane has a basic problem old plane new design, and yes there will probably be more crashes so can't see myself on getting on one anytime soon especially a low cost airline.

Kyle — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 05:06:10 +0000

@EJC that livery/logo is not new. They’ve were using it precovid

Azamaraal — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:33:10 +0000

@Walter With the collapse of the airline industry in Canada there are many 737 pilots laid off from AC or WS that probably are type certified and have been flying the Max since 2018. Since Flair only have three -8's in service they likely have hired some of the best Max pilots in the world since they are starting next month or so. The pilots who managed to crash the Max were some of the least experienced flying - can't remember the details but one only had under 200 hours. Please also remember this model has had 20 months of testing to ensure that it is ready to fly and fly safely. It already had 2 years in service before someone managed to crash it. So I'm probably in the #hellyes category except the problems with seat configuration and toilets will influence the choice. The comfort part of the equation will probably restrict me to those models that have a decent business class which probably ends up being AC.

BL — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:59:48 +0000

@Abey I mean it's sort of the same in many industries, no? Fashion, technology, conglomerated food+bev, etc. (Each to varying extents and with different industry-specific nuances) This is why there's a whole sub-field of banking focused on M&A and a parallel cottage industry of consultants who work on this. As for whether its sustainable for these existing heavy-weights... who knows. Up to them and their competitive evaluation of the market.

Abey — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:17:04 +0000

Can someone help me understand the logic of legacy carriers buying out LCC to cut competition? It seems that new ones just pop up again. The model is sustainable