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As I understand it, that would require specific training for pilots of the MAX 8, and (not sure) perhaps a new type certification. Those are expensive and it w
by jhayward 8y ago
As I understand it, that would require specific training for pilots of the MAX 8, and (not sure) perhaps a new type certification.
Those are expensive and it was a specific goal to avoid them.
- magnamerc 8y agoHaving to get a new type certificate would likely kill the MAX. I work in aircraft certification, and I know it would be a very long and slow process on the order of years.
- jhayward 8y agoNot only is it a long and expensive process, but the 737 type cert grandfathers in a whole lot of things that would not be permitted in a new type. So they would have to re-engineer a brand new plane from the wheels up. Keeping the 737 type certification was a powerful incentive. Oversight investigation should look in to whether it should have been permitted by the regulator, and what other perverse incentives may exist in the certification process.