Former Boeing Senior Manager Walks Off Alaska Airlines Flight After Realizing It Was A 737 MAX 9

While the world was in shock seeing the door of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX blowout mid-flight earlier this year, an ex-Boeing senior manager had already determined beforehand that he would never step foot on the family of aircraft again. With a keen sense of the issues surrounding the aircraft type, Ed Pierson reportedly walked off an Alaska flight in 2023 after discovering it was operated by a 737 MAX 9.