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posted by janrinok on Thursday October 10 2019, @02:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the roll-up-roll-up-for-the-ride-of-a-lifetime dept.

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American Airlines says it will resume flights with Boeing's 737 Max jets in January

American Airlines will resume flights with Boeing's 737 Max jets in January 2020. In a statement posted online on October 9th, the airline says it expects software updates to result in the beleaguered jet's re-certification by federal aviation authorities "later this year."

Boeing is expected to submit its final certification package to the FAA later this year. Anticipating this, American says it expects to "slowly phase in the MAX for commercial service" starting January 16th, and will "increase flying on the aircraft throughout the month and into February."

The FAA ordered the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max jets after two deadly crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 that killed a total of 346 people. Both crashes have been linked to a piece of software that Boeing had installed on the 737 Max known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS.

[...]A flight attendants union issued a statement calling on American and other carriers to prioritize safety. "It will be imperative that my members are assured of the complete safety of this aircraft before taking it back up in the air," said Lori Bassani, national president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents 28,000 flight attendants at American Airlines. "Our airline crews and passengers deserve to have the highest level of assurances prior to re-entry into the air space. Our lives and passengers' lives depend on it and our lives are not for sale."

Remind me not to fly in January.

[Sure! "Don't fly in January." =) --martyb]


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  • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Thursday October 10 2019, @06:11PM (6 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Thursday October 10 2019, @06:11PM (#905318)

    Funny how you mention the current administration. The first 737 MAX wasn't even assembled until 2015. Meaning the design and approval happened during Obama's presidency.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by fustakrakich on Thursday October 10 2019, @06:46PM (5 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday October 10 2019, @06:46PM (#905337) Journal

    Nice try!

    The 737 MAX gained Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification on March 8, 2017

    Ok class, can anyone tell us who was president of the Untied Snakes in 2017?

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    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:54PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:54PM (#905388)

      While I'm not at all shy about giving the Orange One another sharp poke in the ribs, I just have to say that on March 8, 2017 he hadn't even been in office 2 months yet; I'm sure that the certification process was well under way long before his inauguration. So, even for him, that isn't a whole lot of time to bollox things up. Of course, if you have more information by all means go ahead and share with us.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 11 2019, @09:21PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 11 2019, @09:21PM (#906054)

      Nice try!

      Certification was started an MOSTLY done under Obama. It was OBAMA'S FAA personnel that signed off on the certification.

      Trump was in there TWO MONTHS and it's his fault? You're deluded.

      • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday October 11 2019, @09:39PM

        by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday October 11 2019, @09:39PM (#906062) Journal

        Mostly

        :-) Love it, man! Don't you remember? One of the president's major goals is to undo everything "Obama", he missed, didn't he? And a big one... So there. You lose. Good day, sir [youtube.com]

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