Gary Kelly, in a recent interview, indicated that Southwest would train all of their 9,700 pilots over a 30 day period prior to re-introducing the MAX into their schedule. Those estimates may be somewhat unrealistic, however, if additional simulator training…
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.…
Last week, Boeing held a meeting with industry stakeholders about its plans to restore confidence in the MAX. CBS news has leaked the presentation slides from that meeting, which outlined Boeing’s plans for the MAX and changes the company is…
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…
News reports today indicate that text messages between Boeing employees show that the company apparently lied to the FAA regarding the safety of the MAX and that Boeing knew about these messages for some time before turning them over to…