June 15, 2020
Via: PoliticoLess than two weeks after Senate Commerce Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) floated legislation on the Boeing 737 MAX that was then slammed by safety advocates and family members of the victims of last year’s MAX crash, a new (and newly […]
December 3, 2019
Via: PoliticoDICKSON HEADING TO THE HILL: The FAA chief will testify Dec. 11 at a House Transportation Committee hearing on the MAX. It’ll be the first time Dickson has appeared at a hearing on the jet and its certification. Dickson became […]
November 25, 2019
Via: PoliticoWORRIES ABOUT THE MAX AT AVIATION AGENCIES: Regulatory officials in the U.S. and Canada continue to be concerned about MCAS, the flight control system implicated in the two Boeing 737 crashes, according to emails obtained by the New York Times […]
November 12, 2019
Via: PoliticoBOEING SEES COMMERCIAL 737 MAX FLIGHTS IN EARLY 2020: The company on Monday said it believes new pilot training requirements for the MAX will get FAA approval in January, and commercial flights will be able to start after that. Before […]
October 29, 2019
Via: PoliticoROUND ONE FOR BOEING: The first of two congressional hearings in two days on the MAX kicks off this morning, with Muilenburg set to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee. His opening statement, released Monday, will acknowledge that the company […]
October 3, 2019
Via: PoliticoANOTHER BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER COMES FORWARD: The company sidelined a safety system on the 737 MAX to save money, according to a senior engineer’s complaint reported by The New York Times on Wednesday. According to the story, Curtis Ewbank said that […]
September 16, 2019
Via: PoliticoBOEING SPARS WITH CONGRESS: Already embattled by two crashes and the ongoing grounding of the 737 MAX, Boeing is sparring with lawmakers over the release of information about the aircraft. Our Brianna Gurciullo has the whole story, which revolves around […]
August 13, 2019
Via: PoliticoDICKSON LANDS AT FAA: The agency has a Senate-confirmed administrator in place for the first time in more than a year and a half after Dickson, a retired Delta Air Lines executive, was sworn in on Monday. As our Brianna […]
April 16, 2019
Via: PoliticoBUSINESSMAN IN CHIEF? Trump offered a piece of advice to Boeing in an early morning tweet on Monday: Fix the troubled 737 MAX, add some new features, and rebrand with a new name. The company is already working on that […]
March 18, 2019
Via: PoliticoIG INVESTIGATING FAA: The Department of Transportation’s inspector general is investigating the FAA’s approval of the Boeing 737 MAX, according to the Wall Street Journal. The inquiry will be focused on the agency’s Seattle office which certifies the safety of […]
March 13, 2019
Via: PoliticoFAA STANDS ALONE: FAA continued to stand firm in its decision not to ground Boeing 737 MAX planes in the U.S., even as a barrage of lawmakers, former officials, unions and others urged the agency to follow in the footsteps […]
March 11, 2019
Via: PoliticoANOTHER 737 MAX CRASH, NOW WHAT?: Though the exact circumstances are still up in the air, another 737 Max 8 has crashed shortly after takeoff, including some similarities with up-and-down altitudes seen in a Lion Air crash many attribute to […]