If I was running an airline, I'd listen to Sully before betting large.
That said, I hope Willie Walsh's bet goes well.
And this breaker from the WallStJournal:
Boeing’s Latest 737 MAX Concern: Pilots’ Physical Strength
Turning manual crank during emergency procedure may be too difficult for some people
By
Andy Pasztor and
Andrew Tangel
Updated June 19, 2019 6:17 pm ET
LE BOURGET, France—Efforts to get Boeing Co.’s BA -1.44% 737 MAX jetliners back in the air have been delayed in part by concerns about whether the average pilot has enough physical strength to turn a mechanical crank in extreme emergencies.
The concerns have made the crank—which moves a horizontal panel on the plane’s tail—the focus of engineering analysis, simulator sessions and flight testing by the plane maker and U.S. air-safety officials, according to people familiar with the details. The extent of the internal debate hasn’t been previously reported.
Use of the crank is intended as the final step in an emergency checklist to counteract dangerous movements of the tail’s horizontal stabilizer, such as those involved in two fatal crashes of MAX aircraft when an automated flight-control system malfunctioned.