Boeing faces Max hurdle as pilot confidence crumbles
Pilots’ unions say that their members’ trust in the safety culture at Boeing is at rock bottom following a string of revelations about the grounded 737 Max, presenting another big hurdle for the manufacturer as its seeks to return the jet to service. The plane maker’s crisis deepened late Tuesday after it admitted that the 737 Max will stay parked until the middle of this year. Restoring confidence among captains, on whom it is counting to repair the trust of the flying public, will be critical to Boeing’s ambitions. Trust is “unequivocally” at a nadir, said Jon Horne, president of the 40,000-strong European Cockpit Association, following the publication earlier this month of damaging internal messages in which employees mocked regulators and discouraged airlines from pursuing the most expensive pilot training options. <br/>
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Boeing faces Max hurdle as pilot confidence crumbles
Pilots’ unions say that their members’ trust in the safety culture at Boeing is at rock bottom following a string of revelations about the grounded 737 Max, presenting another big hurdle for the manufacturer as its seeks to return the jet to service. The plane maker’s crisis deepened late Tuesday after it admitted that the 737 Max will stay parked until the middle of this year. Restoring confidence among captains, on whom it is counting to repair the trust of the flying public, will be critical to Boeing’s ambitions. Trust is “unequivocally” at a nadir, said Jon Horne, president of the 40,000-strong European Cockpit Association, following the publication earlier this month of damaging internal messages in which employees mocked regulators and discouraged airlines from pursuing the most expensive pilot training options. <br/>
