This week there have been several more developments in the saga of the MAX. As radio disk jockeys would say, “the hits just keep on coming.” The congressional hearings were harsh for both Boeing and the FAA, albeit the whistleblower…
An FAA assessment was revealed in Congressional hearings today that included an FAA analysis after the Lion Air crash but before the Ethiopian crash indicating that additional fatal accidents could be expected if no changes were made to MCAS software.…
The New York Times published an intriguing article yesterday that spoke about Boeing and the aerospace industry lobbying with Congress to pass a law that undercut the FAA’s capability to review Boeing’s work. Apparently the bill, passed last year, restricts…
Two stories emerged on the MAX today, the first indicating, as we previously forecast, a December return to service, and the second, that German authorities refused airspace passage for a Norwegian 737MAX being repositioned without passengers that was forced to…
The meeting today between the FAA and international regulators in Dallas is likely to be contentious, with questions regarding the FAA certification process and oversight of Boeing, Boeing’s design philosophy for the aircraft, and how in an age of mandated…
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