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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]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:54PM (2 children)
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: 2, Funny) by fustakrakich on Friday October 11 2019, @12:14AM (1 child)
Well, since he claimed credit for 2017's safety record [usatoday.com], I think we can knock him for this. He stepped into it, he's fair game. President has to hit the ground running.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 11 2019, @09:51AM
The Orange One hasn't run a day in his life. Would deplete his battery.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/08/politics/donald-trump-exercise-health-physical/index.html [cnn.com]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-thinks-that-exercising-too-much-uses-up-the-bodys-finite-energy/2017/05/12/bb0b9bda-365d-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html [washingtonpost.com]
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/if-donald-trump-were-actually-a-battery [newyorker.com]