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By David Shepardson for Reuters United Airlines said it had resumed use of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets on Saturday for passenger flights after US regulators gave the green light following a mid-air cabin blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month. United said the first MAX 9 flight with
United Airlines first officer Phil Anderson has turned down opportunities to be promoted to captain as he does not want the unpredictable schedule that comes with the bigger paycheck. Anderson is one of many who have passed on that promotion at United, and analysts and union officials said a resulting shortage of captains - who function as head pilots - could cut the number of flights available to travelers by next summer. One industry official dubbed it the "no one wants to be a junior captain syndrome."