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> because US airline unions felt like their pilots had received adequate advice and information from Boeing. And ET pilots felt they had received adequate advi
by isostatic 8y ago
> because US airline unions felt like their pilots had received adequate advice and information from Boeing.
And ET pilots felt they had received adequate advice and information from Boeing.
> I'm not sure where they got that from, but why would it be okay if the US pilots got training immediately, while others had to wait?
Something like https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2019/03/13/who-says-the-boeing-737max-is-safe-every-u-s-pilot-who-flies-it-says-so/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2019/03/13/who-says-the...
How that statement meshes with
https://www.philly.com/business/boeing-max-pilots-complained-suspected-safety-flaw-20190312.html https://www.philly.com/business/boeing-max-pilots-complained...
"Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual “inadequate and almost criminally insufficient”
And
"U.S. regulators are mandating that Boeing upgrade the plane’s software by April"
is unclear.
Back in 2016 it seems that the pilots union felt the MAX was a different plane:
> hhttps://www.geekwire.com/2016/boeings-737-max-southwest-airlines-labor-dispute-pilots/ https://www.geekwire.com/2016/boeings-737-max-southwest-airl...