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FAA Hopes Global Regulators Simultaneously Approve Boeing 737 MAX to Fly Again
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) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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.
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.
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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If the max goes back to flying I will fly on any airlines that do not own a max like Delta or JetBlue etc.
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.
That's my plan for at least a year after it's cleared to fly again.