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FAA Hopes Global Regulators Simultaneously Approve Boeing 737 MAX to Fly Again

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration hopes civil aviation authorities around the world will decide at about the same time to allow the Boeing 737 MAX to resume flying, the agency told Congress on Tuesday in a letter seen by Reuters. The FAA and other regulators grounded the plane in March after two fatal crashes in five months killed 346 people. (finance.yahoo.com) और अधिक...

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markgilbert
Mark Gilbert 7
It isn't the FAA's job to get the 737 certified anywhere else. Their job is to make sure it's safe to fly for us Americans. They should do that and then shut up. Trying to get it certified elsewhere just contributes to the impression that they are owned by the American aviation industry.
siriusloon
siriusloon 12
Having the FAA's contracted-out-to-Boeing certification rubber-stamped by other regulators is unlikely to happen again. The FAA was the last to ground the MAX after other countries took action on their own. I think the return to flight process will be the reverse of the grounding, with the FAA clearing it first and other regulators taking time to make their own independent decisions. The idea of it being cleared simultaneously is completely unrealistic and the FAA is either delusional or is lying to Congress.
wopri
Wolfgang Prigge 14
I agree. At least from Canada rubber stamping will not happen especially after the FAA withheld important information from Canadian authorities prior to the grounding. The whole situation reeked of covering up for Boeing, so there is no basis for trust now.

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trentenjet
trentenjet 14
If the max goes back to flying I will fly on any airlines that do not own a max like Delta or JetBlue etc.
ssobol
Stefan Sobol 4
Flying on the MAX (even without any changes) is still way safer than the drive to the airport to get on whatever other airplane you choose.
juancarlos776
JUAN SANCHEZ 3
That's my plan for at least a year after it's cleared to fly again.
jmadunleavy
John D 8
Yep, me too I fly every week and have never wished I had not gotten on to a specific airplane. My trust in Boeing and the FAA has diminished significantly Boeing apologizing for a crashed plane doesn't do me any good if I am dead
Jackx9
Don Quixote -3
Sorry to hear that Robert, but I can't wait to fly on the MAX. It's a great aircraft, and will be for many years to come!
lettini
Lois Lettini 3
Do you work for the FAA or Boeing?
nezasingh
Edward Singh 1
Everybody has their own opinion on this subject so are you, we do what we feel is in our best interest.
nezasingh
Edward Singh 0
I am with you on this one
pwgdan
dan davis -3
Same here. Not worth the risk.
lakemountain
lakemountain 4
The FAA can hope all they want, but given they were negligently asleep at the wheel on this entire mess and then dragged their feet on the grounding they have have a LONG way to go until they regain credibility.

The FAA has always been the cheer squad for the industry and now that we have hundreds dead over this completely avoidable situation, they're going to have to work hard to gain our trust.
nezasingh
Edward Singh 5
It is not a software problem,it is a design problem and until that is fixed boeing will continue to have problems with this model plane.
hornet135
hornet135 1
The chief of engineering has spoken.
krschneider
Karl Schneider 2
Uh, chief of imagineering.
hornet135
hornet135 1
tonyevans1
tony evans 3
When this plane gets re certified it will be safest bird in the air. Having flown several million miles as a passenger I have been on many planes that should not have been in service.
I would be more than happy to fly on it. I am not affiliated with the Airline business just a passenger. Just wish the airlines were as reliable as the equipment
lecompte2
lecompte2 2
Difficult to see that happening now that the complete story about the design flaws of this aircraft are known.
nezasingh
Edward Singh 2
All the world's aviation authority will allow the boeing 737 max to fly when they are satisfied that it is sate to fly.
oldfolkie
Iain Girling 3
Not so certain that crews and passengers will be so easy to convince.
phowry
Phil Howry 2
If the American aircraft industrial complex is so inherently corrupt, tainted and suspect as some appear to believe here, how is it possible any American-made aircraft is still flying?

Believing and/or suspecting American aircraft designers, manufacturers and FAA would selectively conspire to put certain aircraft passengers/crew at risk of death is an extremely sad commentary on the state of our society.

Boeing and the FAA are people, not one person in either of those organizations go to work with the intent to kill people.

No, I'm not associated with either organization, I'm just a King Air pilot that has enjoyed flying American-made aircraft and keeping that aircraft airworthy within FAA regulations.
speshulk99
john kilcher 1
Ridiculous statement!!
airuphere
airuphere 1
Thx for contributing to the community; however, these decisionions will be made by government bodies with information we don’t have access to, and without emotion. Great opinions, but no one can comment factually unless you work for a ‘rubber stanper’ Or the FAA - yet comments are written is if they’re official policy.
vulcancruiser
Larry Loffelmacher 1
USA pilots familiar with 737 stab trim had no problems dealing with the Max......senior crew all thought BA screwed up by not doing a separate type cert for this plane though.......
krschneider
Karl Schneider 0
As a long time commercial pilot and aero engineer, I unequivocally say I would be perfectly comfortable walking onto a U.S. operated 37Max to go from A to B. It seems to have escaped notice that all TWO of their 'accidents' were on 3rd world 'airlines'.
Compared with the initial teething of many other aircraft like the 737, Electra, Comet, DC-10, F104 & V22 Osprey, just to mention a few, this plane's troubles aren't even significant.
lecompte2
lecompte2 2
There were as many incidents in the western world but most were unreported to the public, you should know as a long time commercial pilot.
WilliamMonti
William Monti 0
Question - why were US carriers who owned and flew the MAX able not to have fatal failures ?
racejetmech
George Martin 7
Interestingly enough you didnt hear about this from U.S. carriers because the MCAS system would have been disabled moments after takeoff when the autopilot was turned on. The MCAS system only affected flying qualities during times when there were high power settings to offset the additional torque moment created from the change in geometry of the engine pylon. MCAS was only active if the aircraft was in manual flight or during initial or terminal phases of flight. If you turn on the auto pilot at 500 ft MCAS turns off and no problem. During decent and landing MCAS is active but your power setting are to low to cause the aerodynamic phenomenon that made MCAS necessary.
lecompte2
lecompte2 2
The simple answer is you did not hear of all the problems with US airlines
WilliamMonti
William Monti 1
Wish the public stories were more complete.

What were the US airlines problems with the MAX that were not published, why were the pilots not more vocal if the MAX was maybe not airworthy ?

Sure wish BOEING and FAA were more forthcoming !
speshulk99
john kilcher 1
Extensive coverage @ The Seattle Times and Leeham News sites.
chabig
Chris Habig 1
Chance. They were fortunate not to encounter the problem that brought down Lion Air and Ethiopian.
frequentflyguy
frequentflyguy -1
...except for the countries that are involved in Airbus. Infair competition by a govenment(s) subsidized company.

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