NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Weeks after the first fatal crash of the 737 Max, pilots from American Airlines pressed Boeing executives to work urgently on a fix. In a closed-door meeting, they even argued that Boeing should push authorities to take an emergency measure that would likely result in the grounding of the Max.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - Weeks after the first fatal crash of the 737 Max, pilots from American Airlines pressed Boeing executives to work urgently on a fix. In a closed-door meeting, they even argued that Boeing should push authorities to take an emergency measure that would likely result in the grounding of the Max.Mike Sinnett, a vice president at Boeing, acknowledged that the manufacturer was assessing potential design flaws with the plane, including new anti-stall software.
There are multiple investigations into the development of the Max. And in recent days, pilots from American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have received federal grand jury subpoenas for any documents related to Boeing's communications about the jet, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
The hourlong November meeting, inside a windowless conference room at the Fort Worth headquarters of the American Airlines pilots' union, was confrontational at times. At the table was Sinnett, along with Craig Bomben, a top Boeing test pilot, and one of the company's senior lobbyists, John Moloney. They faced several union leaders, many of them angry at the company.
"My question to you, as Boeing, is why wouldn't you say this is the smartest thing to do?" Michaelis said."Say we're going to do everything we can to protect that traveling public in accordance with what our pilots unions are telling us." "These guys didn't even know the damn system was on the airplane, nor did anybody else," said Michaelis, the union's head of safety.
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