Re: Will the 737 MAX ever be safe?
If you're budgeting for maintenance of a 737 fleet (let's pick Ryanair as a real-world example), do you spend the extra on bigger lifts because they'll also accommodate the Airbus planes that you don't have and nobody is looking at purchasing? Of course not.
Smaller airlines (not RyanAir and the like, and SouthWest who fly 737's exclusively for compatibility reasons) tend to not have their own ground and maintenance crews, especially not ground crews at all airports they service. That's usually done by some service company, who probably deal with multiple aircraft types anyway.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
