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Despite crashes, Boeing proposes no simulator training for 737 MAX pilots
Boeing's proposal to bring back the 737 Max has included a computer-based training program that, like requirements before two crashes involving the aircraft, does not involve hands-on simulator training before allowing pilots to resume flying the troubled aircraft once it is no longer grounded, CNN has learned. Following the crashes involving Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines in October and March in which 346 people died, some pilots and aviation consultants criticized Boeing for the… (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Wow. Boeing is digging deeper and deeper. It's way past time for a change of top leadership.
Yeah, George, I'm leaning that same way in my thinking too. Once those planes get the ok to go back in the air, well, first of all, I wonder if pilots will even want to fly them, without training first, on the new systems
Haste makes waste, one more accident due to lack of sim training specially by airlines from Third World countries (which arguably are far less well trained than their counterparts in the US, Europe and certain Pacific Rim Airlines) and this cheap thinking could cost Boeing thousands or million times the savings of no sim training.
Agree. But I note that Ethiopian Airlines HAVE a simulator AND according to reports the simulator does not accurately replicate the behaviour of MCAS. But then, Boeing never told airlines about MCAS or provided training that would experience it in the Sim. Rather a pigs breakfast which Boeing need to correct completely before confidence can be restored. The FAA needs to stop taking Boeing's word for what they say they've done and do a lot more checking on what has actually been done. I'm sure all this is being discussed at length by the international bodies and I can't see the 737 MAX being re-certified by them all in 2019, lets see.
It was about time that the Boeing-FAA almost incestuous relationship had to end one day. Too bad that the lives of 360 innoncent people had this so necessary results.
Because the Max has now become a major public issue, why not just simply mandate $$ simulator training (regardless if unnecessary) and show the public that time and money will not factor in restoring pilot confidence.
Why no training? Why not put everyone at ease? Fools they are. All concerned about $ and delays.