{"id":35975,"date":"2019-03-13T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=35975"},"modified":"2019-03-13T22:02:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T22:02:04","slug":"potus-decides-correctly-to-ground-those-jetliners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=35975","title":{"rendered":"POTUS decides correctly to ground those jetliners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/airline.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35976\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/airline-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/airline-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/airline-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/airline-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/airline.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking the past 24 hours about whether I would fly aboard a Boeing 737 MAX 8.<\/p>\n<p>I would not.<\/p>\n<p>One of those high-powered, high-tech jetliners went down in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. The tragedy forced much of the world to put the jets in service on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Donald J. Trump joined them, announcing that the jets in service would take passengers to their destinations and then they would be sent to their hangars until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the correct call.<\/p>\n<p>Working with the Federal Aviation Administration, the president made the announcement and determined that there needs to be a full accounting for this crash, which mirrors a similar tragic accident that occurred just a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Is there something wrong with the jet? Is there a flaw in its flight rigging, or its computer-guided system?<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopian Airlines reportedly is a first-class air carrier. Its crews are competent. Thus, it appears that pilot error is unlikely as the cause for this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>I am not flying anywhere anytime soon. All I can declare at this moment is that if I were booked on one of those 737 jets, I would insist on getting on another type of aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s learn the cause of this aviation tragedy.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking the past 24 hours about whether I would fly aboard a Boeing 737 MAX 8. I would not. One of those high-powered, high-tech jetliners went down in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. The tragedy forced much of the world to put the jets in service on the ground. 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