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> The agency’s chief, Stephen Dickson, signed an order Wednesday formally lifting the grounding [...] “I am 100 percent comfortable with my family flying on it.

> The agency’s chief, Stephen Dickson, signed an order Wednesday formally lifting the grounding [...] “I am 100 percent comfortable with my family flying on it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5cpPGEj1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5cpPGEj1Q I'm looking forward to seeing a video of him and his family on this plane, unless this is just marketing speak. It sure would help raise the public image of the FAA and Boeing slightly if they put their money (family?) where their mouth is.

inquirerofsorts 6y ago
This seems like an excellent gofundme cause, I'll chip in for him and his family to go cross-continental while happily smiling for the cameras.
- capableweb 6y ago
  What? How is funding a executive and the current administrator of the FAA a good cause? Now I know people in general like capitalism, but to fund the very people on the top with your money? He surely get free travels as the admin for the FAA, but if he doesn't, he can surely afford travelling many times over with his family without making a dent in his own economy. Maybe your comment was sarcastic and I missed that. Sorry if that was the case.
  - nottorp 6y ago
    You missed the whole point of this thread :) To spell it out again, the idea is to put the dude on a long flight with the 737MAX he just recertified.
    - capableweb 6y ago
      I can hardly miss the point if I started the thread, can I? :) I'm not against my idea of putting this man and his family on a flight. I'm against starting a gofundme (basically raise money for him) to fund this adventure, when he or his employer should be able to pay for this just fine.
      - nottorp 6y ago
        Haha your second comment looked so out of place I didn't even look at user names. Can I buy you a sarcasm/black humour detector? :)
- cameldrv 6y ago
  TBF He’s a former airline pilot and personally took the training for the MAX and flew one of the certification flights himself.
  - definetheword 6y ago
    That’s exactly the kind of person I’d want for the job of making this decision. That’s good to know thanks
mprovost 6y ago
After a series of accidents in coal mines in China, bosses are required to spend a certain amount of hours each year underground or they face huge fines and losing their job.
- cmcaine 6y ago
  > The regulation has yielded questionable results, however. Last month in Guangxi, mine bosses visited a pit for a routine inspection. Shortly after, seven assistants were promoted to managerial roles to complete their bosses' former obligation in the mine, according to local news reports. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/china.mining/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/china.mining...
- chosenbreed37 6y ago
  > After a series of accidents in coal mines in China, bosses are required to spend a certain amount of hours each year underground or they face huge fines and losing their job. Sounds like an application of the Hammurabi code
yread 6y ago
It's not like every other MAX fell out of the sky. There were two accidents out of 42000 flights. 2/42000 is a decent risk to take if your job depends on it and absolutely terrible for normal everyday flying
- capableweb 6y ago
  > absolutely terrible for normal everyday flying You're right. So I raise my bid: Instead of just putting him and his family on one flight, let's put them on one flight per day for a month.
DN1010 6y ago
Didn't he actually fly it himself as part of the process?
- capableweb 6y ago
  Yes, in the video I linked he speaks about it, this is the full quote > After that, I flew the aircraft for about two hours to evaluate its handling qualities and the functionality of the flight control system. Now, based on all the activities that we've undertaken during the past 20 months, and my personal experience flying the aircraft, I can tell you now that I am 100 percent comfortable with my family flying on it So, he done 2 hours of what pilots will do for more hours, every single day they work. He also haven't trusted other pilots, let's say from Ethiopian Airlines, with his family.

inquirerofsorts 6y ago

This seems like an excellent gofundme cause, I'll chip in for him and his family to go cross-continental while happily smiling for the cameras.

capableweb 6y ago
What? How is funding a executive and the current administrator of the FAA a good cause? Now I know people in general like capitalism, but to fund the very people on the top with your money? He surely get free travels as the admin for the FAA, but if he doesn't, he can surely afford travelling many times over with his family without making a dent in his own economy. Maybe your comment was sarcastic and I missed that. Sorry if that was the case.
- nottorp 6y ago
  You missed the whole point of this thread :) To spell it out again, the idea is to put the dude on a long flight with the 737MAX he just recertified.
  - capableweb 6y ago
    I can hardly miss the point if I started the thread, can I? :) I'm not against my idea of putting this man and his family on a flight. I'm against starting a gofundme (basically raise money for him) to fund this adventure, when he or his employer should be able to pay for this just fine.
    - nottorp 6y ago
      Haha your second comment looked so out of place I didn't even look at user names. Can I buy you a sarcasm/black humour detector? :)
cameldrv 6y ago
TBF He’s a former airline pilot and personally took the training for the MAX and flew one of the certification flights himself.
- definetheword 6y ago
  That’s exactly the kind of person I’d want for the job of making this decision. That’s good to know thanks

mprovost 6y ago

After a series of accidents in coal mines in China, bosses are required to spend a certain amount of hours each year underground or they face huge fines and losing their job.

cmcaine 6y ago
> The regulation has yielded questionable results, however. Last month in Guangxi, mine bosses visited a pit for a routine inspection. Shortly after, seven assistants were promoted to managerial roles to complete their bosses' former obligation in the mine, according to local news reports. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/china.mining/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/china.mining...
chosenbreed37 6y ago
> After a series of accidents in coal mines in China, bosses are required to spend a certain amount of hours each year underground or they face huge fines and losing their job. Sounds like an application of the Hammurabi code

yread 6y ago

It's not like every other MAX fell out of the sky. There were two accidents out of 42000 flights. 2/42000 is a decent risk to take if your job depends on it and absolutely terrible for normal everyday flying

capableweb 6y ago
> absolutely terrible for normal everyday flying You're right. So I raise my bid: Instead of just putting him and his family on one flight, let's put them on one flight per day for a month.

DN1010 6y ago

Didn't he actually fly it himself as part of the process?

capableweb 6y ago
Yes, in the video I linked he speaks about it, this is the full quote > After that, I flew the aircraft for about two hours to evaluate its handling qualities and the functionality of the flight control system. Now, based on all the activities that we've undertaken during the past 20 months, and my personal experience flying the aircraft, I can tell you now that I am 100 percent comfortable with my family flying on it So, he done 2 hours of what pilots will do for more hours, every single day they work. He also haven't trusted other pilots, let's say from Ethiopian Airlines, with his family.