Alaska refunded $450 from a $550 fare and you have to use it by January 2021. They have figured out how to make money, so no need to listen to whiners.
I was told that he fact the throttles were up was a major issue in having to do these gyrations. If you are flying slower you can just trim using the wheel or trim switches. Comments?
I read that American Airlines? said they had 40,000 flights with no stabilizer issue on the MAX. If they fix their AOA sensors more promptly maybe it never happens. Or maybe foreign carriers somehow got a bad batch of AOA sensors.
More like Embraer realizes - "Crap! I have to battle Airbus now! I need bigger guns!" - already lost this campaign for 60 where Embraer was the incumbent with 60 ERJ-190's in JetBlue's fleet.