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Perspective. there's a lot of argument to say it's a different airplane, and you can't assume that because some pilot has been flying 737s, which are the most popular commercial airliners in the world that they should know how to handle things that go wrong on a 737 max 8 or 9. >> i would tell you that almost every 737 max pilot i have talked to, in fact, everyone, says it feels the same. they don't see a difference. it feels more high-tech, but they don't feel the difference with traditional models of the 737, and the only feature they weren't aware of is what we have been talking about at na...

Flaps five as opposed to flaps 30 or 40. they did that because they were concerned of aircraft controllability issues. because they're landing with lesser flaps, that will mean a higher approach speed. the speed at touchdown was around -- was right at 165 knots. and that converts to 190 miles per hour. now, to put that in perspective, again, i'm going back to my days of flying 737s, the speech at touchdown varies according to the weight of the aircraft, but to put it in perspective, a typical approach speed for a 736 might be around 135 knots. this aircraft was landing 165 knots. the higher sp...