The Federal Aviation Association held a meeting at its headquarters Friday with the three commercial airlines that grounded the Boeing 737 Max in March -- American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, and their pilot unions -- in order to gain a better understanding of the plane's safety issues. FAA experts briefed on the investigation, pilot training and travel software updates, and received feedback from safety and union representatives from the three airlines. The 737 MAX model has had two major crashes within the past 12 months, an Ethiopian Airlines flight in March and a Lion Airlines flight in October, that resulted in 346 total deaths. Tajer felt the FAA's briefing on pilot training was useful. The Boeing 737 model has been grounded by the FAA since March 13, and American Airlines has removed it from its schedule until June, with Southwest Airlines removing it through Aug. 5.

Source: Ethiopian News April 13, 2019 14:03 UTC