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The decision-making of Boeing's board - an elite club of corporate titans and government dignitaries - is under scrutiny after two crashes of the 737 Max that
Offed 346 people in the span of five months. Shareholders and families of the
crash victims are pushing directors to share what they knew about the
jet's safety and whether they could have done more to prevent the crashes.
Boeing has acknowledged that in both occurrences, the planes' noses were
pitched downward by a software system called MCAS.
In the first on-the-record interview of a Boeing board member since the crashes, Calhoun, who joined the board in 2009 and became its lead director last year, defended his group's decision to keep the planes in the air. "I don't regret that judgment," he said.
"And I don't think we got it wrong at that time and that place."
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/safety-was-just-a-given-inside-boeings-boardroom-amid-737-max-crisis-2033391
https://us.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/737-max-grounding-march/index.html
American Airlines push Max out to March 6, 2020
Southwest Airlines push Max out to March 6, 2020
https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/faa-requests-more-changes-to-boeing-software.html
However in the article above American Airlines is booking flights on five of its MAX
Aircraft as early as January 15.
CEO Doug Parker believes the 737 MAX “is going to get certified sometime
in the near future.”
Good Luck Doug
Information not available to the public.
The Max Will Be cleared to re-enter service soon but not this year.
Several Max aircraft are flying now testing the new configuration
Pilots must be trained for the Max Type and its differences from NG
The training is instructor led, including academics and simulator
The training is in the shakeout cycle now.
It’s being tested using pilots from around the world.
Management knows the MCAS system is flaky, as its AoA dependent.
The Pilot Training is emphasizing recognition and disengagement
Boeing is trying Real Hard not to off anyone else.
Management does not want to open there mouth before all is green.
The training still needs to be approved along
With the final approval for the new Max systems configuration
What you hear?