- So turning back now.
(plane engine revving)
Oh hello, from Mexico city
and from my hotel room here at the Hilton.
I mean how cool is this?
There's my bed
and there a view behind me over the runways
and there's a plane just coming down right now.
Today we're taking a flight on a Boeing 737.
Yay!
But not just any Boeing 737,
today we're taking a ride on a Boeing 737 Max-8.
Yes, that's the one that's being grounded for several years
on safety concerns after a number of really bad crashes.
And they've done a lot of work
and a lot of number crunching.
They seem to apparently have fixed all the issues
that were wrong with it and a few days ago
it was cleared for takeoff once again.
And Aeromexico here in Mexico city airport,
are one of the first airlines in the world
to get them back in the sky once again.
(slow upbeat music)
(speaks in foreign language)
Thank you.
(slow upbeat music)
Okay, so there's a notification on my phone
but the plane is ready for boarding,
so let's head down to the gate and get on the 737 Max-8.
(soft upbeat music)
So pretty much looking to the gate
and got here and then I'm actually boarding after all.
I'm not the only one
because so many people are converting to the gate,
we could have missed the flight
(mumbles) opened it for boarding yet.
I do believe though,
Aeromexico will do some sort of reverse boarding thing
and many were that boarding in the back of the plane
to the front,
so business class at the front which I'll be flying today,
we were here boarding right to the end,
I don't think you can see.
(speaking in foreign language)
All right, here we go then,
boarding the Boeing 737 Max-8.
It's been a long time but here we go.
(speaking in foreign language)
(slow upbeat music)
So, that I'm aboard the Boeing 737 Max-8,
it's been so long since I've ridden on one,
I forgot just quite how nice they are.
Look at the business class cabin in here.
Lovely 2-2 config business class
with the mood lights and everything,
and the view over the window, look at that.
Actually, we're looking forward to this,
the Max-8 has a sort of troubled history.
So to actually be on one,
it's quite nice to be back on board.
(slow upbeat music)
(pilot speaking indistinctly)
(slow upbeat music)
- [Pilot] Welcome aboard this Aeromexico 737-800 aircraft,
let's go (indistinct) safety passenger.
(flight crew speaking in foreign language)
(slow upbeat music)
So no turning back now.
(plane engine roaring)
(indistinct) took us east across the Gulf of Mexico
from Mexico City to Cancun.
Flight time today was two hours and 41 minutes,
cruising a 37,000 feet.
So then, everyone else on Mexico on this 737 Max-8.
This is actually so comfortable.
Any Max-8 that I have been on before
was with Norwegian, obviously, a low cost airline.
So actually going on a moment
on a really nice business class
is just really proper nice to be riding on really.
Luckily (stammers) in-flight entertainment system,
with movies and TV and stuff.
We have Annabelle if you fancy in some horror
on a 90 minute flight over to Cancun.
What else we got? Let's have a look.
TV series,
and then we can go and have a look at the flight map,
oh, we got a flight map on the 737, let's have a look.
I've pressed it.
Is it going to do anything?
See, look over here
FLIGHTPATH 3D
Oh, there we go.
Now that you can really, let's pull that down a bit.
There you go, you can sort of see it there.
The flight map telling us we going to-
we're getting there and stuff like that.
How very good.
Seat itself is really comfy,
well there's the leg room.
Especially down like that, is it?
So we can recline as well.
Oh, it's not life flat course,
but it's-
it doesn't matter, it's a 90-minute flight,
it's really comfortable.
What do we got down here?
Remote control for the TV,
we've got headphones for the audio.
Table pops out here.
Flip that up,
(mumbles) folds out a bit.
Until there, that's a prop code.
All right,
you can put your phone up on there as well (mumbles)
if want to do that.
Oh, very good.
And then on the seat, in front us we've got safety card,
Max-8.
Is there any reference to the Max-8 on this plane actually?
Even the safety they must said it was 737-800.
(indistinct)
and then above us, well, we got here,
actual air vents, that's always nice, nice.
There's WiFi on board as well and it's free,
I will have to show you that in a minute.
But there's free WiFi, which is pretty cool,
on this plane as well.
Very nice all in all, I really like it.
It's so comfortable and it's only a hour and a half
long flight over to Cancun from Mexico city,
but even still, it's a really comfortable experience.
(slow music)
Coffee.
(slow music)
One thing that I do find really interesting,
is that there's barely any mention
of the fact that this is a 737 Max-8.
It's not really surprising because I know of airlines
were concerned about letting people know
that it was a Max-8.
But the safety them all saying it's a 737-800.
The cabin crew, the pilot have announced
that the aircraft type is just 737.
And the only reference to it being a Max-8
is on the safety card.
Which is as you can see,
isn't on display, they actually folded it in the way
so you can see it in the seat pocket.
It's interesting how they're doing it,
the only way really you'll know it's a Max-8,
it's for the fact that, for the start,
it's just bloody lovely plane to ride on,
and for a second,
we've got that view out of the window
with the huge CFM engine.
And the
(mumbles) split winglets it's on the end of the wing.
You know, an aviation geek would know it's a Max-8.
But 99% of people getting on this plane,
are not going to realize.
But, to be honest for me,
from my point of view, it feels completely safe.
In fact, probably, the Max-8 right now, I think,
personally, is one of the safest aircraft out there.
Because, it had to go through so much vigorous testing
and retesting and nowadays I think,
you won't find the safer aeroplane in the skies
than the Max-8.
And the crews are all trained properly,
they've redesigned this MCAS system
that was the issue behind it.
Every single corner of what could go wrong
with this aircraft has been covered.
And,
put it this way,
if anything happened to a Max-8 again,
or to any 737 max aircraft, it will be the end of Boeing.
And Boeing know that.
So there was a moment of being nervous
at the beginning of the flight, I have to say.
When we first lined up and took off,
but actually now we're airborne.
I'm just reminded, well I love the aircraft,
the Max-8s to fly up.
(slow music)
(indistinct chattering)
(flight crew speaking in foreign language)
I'd like to take a moment
to say thank you to my fantastic patreons.
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(flight crew speaking in foreign language)
Here we are at Cancun.
Best flight on the Max-8 for several years.
I'm right here.
(slow upbeat music)
We're here then in beautiful city of Cancun,
in eastern Mexico.
And it's an absolutely a glorious day over here.
Really nice flight on the Max-8,
I really enjoyed that,
such a lovely aircraft to ride on.
But some,
no video involving the Max-8 will be complete
without mentioning the 346 people
who've sadly lost their lives in the two crashes
of the Max-8 before.
Really tragic accidents that happened,
although, it can take from that those crashes
weren't entirely in vain.
Because like everything in the world of aviation
and every single accident that happened,
every single life that's lost,
goes towards helping the aviation industry become safer,
improving procedures, improving safety,
so that we can all be a little bit safer when we fly.
The Max-8 now is probably the safest aircraft
in the skies and I would have no hesitation
in flying on another one.
Let me know what you think down in the comments below.
Would you fly on 737 Max-8?
Let me know down in the comments.
In the meantime, as always,
thanks for watching, take care
and I'll see you on the next one.