Would you fly on an airliner with folding wings?

 

I accidentally ran across this article while searching for something else.  While folding wings have been on a lot of planes for a fairly long time, I think having a big, long airliner with them would be disconcerting.

I'd sure want to see it take a lot of test flights before I got on one.

Boeing 777X, future widebody with folding wings

By the time this one is ready to fly with passengers, maybe there will be passengers again who are willing to fly on it.

In fact, the article says something like that:

"The 777X is scheduled to be delivered to the first customers in 2022. Thus far, three test vehicles were produced and extensively tested throughout 2020 in order for the design to be viable for the certification in 2021 by the latest. As a flagship, the 777X will undoubtedly see its fair share of customers but at the moment the future is being dimmed by COVID-19, some hesitant customers, its own peers and predecessors, and a great offering from Airbus."