Boeing pilot’s 2016 worry on ‘egregious’ Max roils jet’s future
Boeing and the FAA are engulfed in a public rupture over a bombshell revelation about the 737 Max, and the timing couldn’t be worse -- just as the planemaker and the regulator are working to get the grounded jet back in the skies. The feud centres on messages between senior Boeing pilots in late 2016, as the aircraft was in testing. One of the pilots recounted a rocky simulator trial of software known as MCAS, which would later play a role in 2 fatal crashes. The handling performance was “egregious,” he said. The FAA blasted Boeing Friday for not sharing the transcripts, even though the company had discovered the instant messages months earlier. Boeing gave the documents to the Justice Department in February. But the company didn’t inform the FAA because the regulator is also a subject of the same criminal investigation. <br/>
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Boeing pilot’s 2016 worry on ‘egregious’ Max roils jet’s future
Boeing and the FAA are engulfed in a public rupture over a bombshell revelation about the 737 Max, and the timing couldn’t be worse -- just as the planemaker and the regulator are working to get the grounded jet back in the skies. The feud centres on messages between senior Boeing pilots in late 2016, as the aircraft was in testing. One of the pilots recounted a rocky simulator trial of software known as MCAS, which would later play a role in 2 fatal crashes. The handling performance was “egregious,” he said. The FAA blasted Boeing Friday for not sharing the transcripts, even though the company had discovered the instant messages months earlier. Boeing gave the documents to the Justice Department in February. But the company didn’t inform the FAA because the regulator is also a subject of the same criminal investigation. <br/>
