To get Boeing 737 Max flying, global consensus will be hard
Boeing and the FAA want global consensus to get the 737 Max flying again. They may have to wait a while. Aviation regulators from around the world, who met in Fort Worth Thursday, are continuing to press the FAA for details on the fix to the anti-stall system, as well as the process for assessing the software, according to an FAA official. One big sticking point: whether to require that pilots undergo additional training on a flight simulator. If some regulators did require training, the condition would mean that the plane could be out of service in certain countries for months longer than expected. Boeing had recently outlined a target of late June to airlines. But the FAA has been more circumspect. “We can’t be driven by some arbitrary timeline,” Daniel Elwell, the acting FAA administrator, said Thursday <br/>
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To get Boeing 737 Max flying, global consensus will be hard
Boeing and the FAA want global consensus to get the 737 Max flying again. They may have to wait a while. Aviation regulators from around the world, who met in Fort Worth Thursday, are continuing to press the FAA for details on the fix to the anti-stall system, as well as the process for assessing the software, according to an FAA official. One big sticking point: whether to require that pilots undergo additional training on a flight simulator. If some regulators did require training, the condition would mean that the plane could be out of service in certain countries for months longer than expected. Boeing had recently outlined a target of late June to airlines. But the FAA has been more circumspect. “We can’t be driven by some arbitrary timeline,” Daniel Elwell, the acting FAA administrator, said Thursday <br/>
