More than a week before a 737 Max 8 jet crashed in Ethiopia in March, the American Airlines pilots union was so unsettled by the actions of Boeing and the FAA it took the unusual step of filing a federal public records request. The pilots wanted to know more about problems with the planes. Feb 26, the union sought records related to the FAA's November decision to update the Max 8 flight manual. They also asked for correspondence between the FAA and American Airlines regarding the planes' approval process. The request followed a tense meeting between the pilots' union and Boeing employees at the union's headquarters after the Oct 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia. Last week, the Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas for pilots unions as part of an ongoing investigation into the plane's safety. <br/>