Urgent questions have arisen over Boeing’s rushed development of the 737 Max, and about credulous aviation regulators who certified the new plane. But urgent questions have arisen over Boeing’s rushed development of the 737 Max, and about credulous aviation regulators who certified the new plane on Boeing’s word that it was a modestly tweaked 737. Article Continued BelowThe entire global fleet of 371 737 Max aircraft has been grounded for three weeks. And after long insisting pilots don’t need specialized retraining for the 737 Max, Boeing is offering to compensate airlines for that training. The chief European regulator, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EUASA), effectively replicated the FAA’s certification of the 737 Max, as did Transport Canada, in 2017.

Source: thestar March 31, 2019 22:52 UTC