Discussion on question by ThE iLlEgAl aLiEn: What Happens when Passenger Refuses to Fly Boeing 737 Max?

and... the U.K just grounded it. falling like dominoes

@DavidRicherby Are you going to revise your misguided comment on well founded own that more airlines are grounding the plane?

@GiacomoCatenazzi that the previous pilots recovered the airplane does not prove that pilot error was the cause of the crash.

@DavidRicherby When the issue at hand is life and death, you think approximately 67% confidence (using the term loosely) are good odds? Lol really? One learns a new thing every day.

@ThEiLlEgAlaLiEn That's such a loose use of the term that it's meaningless.

@DavidRicherby Your conspiracy theory is not reasonable. It's extremely far-fetched and reeks of anti-Chinese racism. Ethiopia Airlines also grounded their 737 Max's, so maybe you want to have a go at Africa while you're at it.

Given that two of the aircraft have, recently, crashed killing everyone the idea of debating whether fears are well founded is just - ridiculous. OF COURSE fears are well-founded - the aircraft company and the various national authorities are desperately investigating. CHINA HAS BANNED THE AIRCRAFT! Good grief. Of course any fears are 'well founded".

@Fattie getting hung up on whether this particular instance constitutes a well-founded fear might be irrelevant, but the "well-founded" part's really not an irrelevancy at all, as it's absolutely fundamental to the premise of the question. Everybody accepts that if you turn up and decide not to fly because the pilot's called Dave and you don't like that name, you're not getting anything from anyone. But to answer whether a "well-founded" fear changes that, we first have to know what qualifies a fear as "well-founded".