FAA meets with US Airlines, pilot unions on Boeing 737 MAX

The FAA met for 3 hours Friday with representatives from the 3 major US airlines that own now grounded Boeing 737 MAX jets and their pilots' unions to discuss 2 fatal crashes and the path forward. More than 300 Boeing 737 MAXs have been grounded worldwide after a total of 346 people died in a Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October and in an Ethiopian Airlines crash outside Addis Ababa last month. American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines officials attended the meeting, where FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell said he wanted to know operators' and pilots' thoughts before the agency decides to return the 737 MAX to service. Elwell said the meeting participants' "operational perspective is critical input as the agency welcomes scrutiny on how it can do better." <br/>