Return to service of Boeing 737 Max could depend on pilot training
What kind of training pilots receive could determine whether Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft is back in the air by the end of the northern hemisphere summer, or only much later, according to airlines, pilots unions and aviation industry experts. Whether pilots should be retrained in a few hours on iPads, or on costly and scarce 737 Max flight simulators, has emerged as one of the biggest unanswered questions surrounding the return to service of the aircraft, after 33 global regulators met in Texas Thursday last week. “At least do something other than fly an iPad,” Mary Schiavo, former inspector-general of the US DoT, said in a reference to the fact that US pilots had received only 1 to 3 hours of training on an iPad to prepare them to fly the Max before the crashes. <br/>
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Return to service of Boeing 737 Max could depend on pilot training
What kind of training pilots receive could determine whether Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft is back in the air by the end of the northern hemisphere summer, or only much later, according to airlines, pilots unions and aviation industry experts. Whether pilots should be retrained in a few hours on iPads, or on costly and scarce 737 Max flight simulators, has emerged as one of the biggest unanswered questions surrounding the return to service of the aircraft, after 33 global regulators met in Texas Thursday last week. “At least do something other than fly an iPad,” Mary Schiavo, former inspector-general of the US DoT, said in a reference to the fact that US pilots had received only 1 to 3 hours of training on an iPad to prepare them to fly the Max before the crashes. <br/>
