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Exclusive: Boeing hires pilots for airlines to help relaunch 737 MAX - sources
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co is hiring up to 160 pilots to be embedded at airlines in its latest bid to ensure its 737 MAX has a smooth comeback after a 20-month safety ban, according to a recruitment document seen by Reuters and people familiar with the move. (www.reuters.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
There won’t be any of these pilots in US carriers’ cockpits for two reasons: one, every major airline prohibits anyone who is not a currently employed pilot with that airline from occupying a pilot station. So even a flight attendant technically cannot sit in a pilot seat while in flight. And two, in order to occupy a flight deck observer seat one must be on a short list of qualified personnel, and Boeing employees are not on that list. They could however be present for simulator or other ground training events. I would guess the vast majority will go to foreign operators like you suggest, which honesty is where they’re really needed anyway.
It will be interesting to see how welcome these pilots will be in the cockpit of the major carriers in the USA. They were all operating the Max before it was grounded and they have excellent training programs. I also don’t think their flight attendants will need any help comforting their passengers. As a matter of fact it’s insulting to them to think they don’t know how to handle this.
Well, whether the FAA is going a good job or not monitoring the relaunch of the 737, a whole bunch of other countries are doing their own tests and studies. I want to see their results before I step foot on a 737Max.
I am not a lawyer or a pilot. If pilots are employed/contracted through a company based in the Isle of Mann does that mean employee/contractor disagreements are handled according to Manx law?
Ok, let’s see some straight and level.
This is still, " The Fox Guarding the Hen House" the FAA is caving and still giving up oversight to industry. All of our"Protection Agency" are being defunded, or infiltrated by corporate lobbyist to reduce oversight. If we want a safe and strong Aviation, EPA, FDA,FCC, ect... We need to fund and employ our Protection Agency's with the manpower and guardians to guide and guards our future.
Another Boeing PR stunt. None of their hired hands will end up in the cockpit of a U.S. carrier. More likely they'll go to the likes of Lion Air, Ethiopian airlines, and others who Boeing has sold aircraft to and, as a part of the bargain, agreed to provide training, checking, etc.