Hahaha ... as if we were worried that any Bahamian airlines were flying new planes. Southern Air’s planes were hand built by Wilbur and Orville Wright.

This is a joke right? "New" never means "brand spanking new" in relation to Bahamasair. We shop at AirMax.

Correct. With Bahamasair, “new” means a newer used plane that is being discarded by a more reliable airline.

Most of the thousands of planes in the air right now are over 10 years old and had multiple owners. . .one of the oldest planes in the air is air force one. . . cheaper planes like the ATR 72 are usually brand new. . .they are cheaper! We have the 737: 700 used cost 12 million. . .

Air Force One is not an aircraft, it is a flight designator code. I’m guessing that the aircraft flying under that code get somewhat better maintenance than Bahamasair or Southern Air.

You suppose the U.S. president’s aircraft has broken seats and missing seat belt buckles? Or cockroach traps in the aisles? Or that the pilots are flying by an iPad clipped to the control panel?

If we want to get technical the 747 used by POTUS is not designation code air force one. . .the term air force one refers to the president himself. . .he can get on a piper aztec and that plane becomes air force one! His position of chief of the armed forces designates he is the # person in the air force, army, marines or navy. . .whatever those designated call signs are. . .he is one in that designation!

It is a UN/international call signs designations profile. . .Road traffic in the Bahamas use the UN call sign tango. . .the chief of that department is tango one. . .any car, bicycle or box cart he get in or on becomes tango one. . .the designation is the person. . .not the plane, car or bicycle!! Ask any police you know. . .they will tell you that. . .the person is the call sign. . .not the vehicle!

Now that we’ve settled that, and you’ve agreed with me, let’s address the issue of “age” of an aircraft. Contrary to what you imply, aircraft are not like humans or dogs, you don’t measure their age by years ... you measure it by flight hours.

Those presidential 747s fly *very* few hours compared to any commercial craft, which are in the air several hours a day. The presidential planes would be lucky to rack up a few hours a week. Sometimes weeks go by without them flying at all. So, if you wanna measure it by “years,” as you inanely suggested, those presidential 747s in reality are probably about 3 years old.

ALL of these planes have now been grounded WORLDWIDE as captains have reported having similar experiences in controlling the planes like the ones that crashed. Something to do with the throttle moving into the wrong position and the aircraft's onboard computer system overriding the pilot's instructions during crucial moments of take-off and causing the plane to get unstable and ... So even if Bahamasair did not fly these jets, a decision had to be made if they would be allowed to fly here.

Prior to this computer feature how many airplanes in the past have stalled and crashed due to manual takeoff? Perhaps a few, but I don’t imagine many. If they decide to keep this feature apart of the auto takeoff, whether in manual or auto mode pilots should be allowed to leveloff the attitude of the aircraft manually while sill in takeoff before the computer auto features can be fully engaged. They have done this on older aircrafts without hassle, why change from this in the first place. Today, every feature of the aircraft is being automated, but the pilot should be allowed to be more involved in the operation of the aircraft other than a checklist and emergency procedures. This total computer automation system between pilots and machine is very scary.

Poverty pays off.

I guess so. . . hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

We Bahamians won't miss those new planes. The MAX in their name really stands for 'maximum possible passengers' and has nothing to do with providing 'maximum possible space'. Accordingly the number of seats and seating configuration is such that no Bahama Mama's hips could ever fit in a single seat on one of these new MAX aircraft. LMAO

Hahaha ... I dunno, Mudda, I’ve seen a *lot* of those Bahama Mamas’ hips somehow snuggle into a seat on those flying sausages on Southern Air or Pineapple Air. When they pass you in that skinny li’l aisle, da rub-up is practically obscene ... !!

ROWL !

The US have finally ordered this model to be grounded, it’s to bad that most of the industry waited on the politics for the safety of human beings . If the US didn’t would the Bahamas have the guts to join the nations doing the moral thing grounding this airliner? Would we have banned the Boeing 727 Max’s from flying into our airspace? I don’t think so, not these political groups profiting more from staying in line and going along to get along by holding on to power, the only way they know how to get rich.

737 Max’s that is...

Hey, I've only seen turbo props. But they must've a couple jets,.