WASHINGTON — Boeing’s efforts to save its customers money contributed to the “fatal mistake” of failing to give pilots the crucial information and training they needed to safely fly 737 Max jets, according to the president of a union representing 15,000 American Airlines pilots. Three days after the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March, the Federal Aviation Administration followed its counterparts in other countries and grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9. “The point was to provide Boeing’s customers with a new advanced aircraft while minimizing the training cost associated with a different aircraft certification,” Carey wrote in his planned testimony. The final fatal mistake was, therefore, the absence of robust pilot training in the event that the MCAS failed,” Carey wrote. Carey also raised questions about the FAA’s certification process for the 737 Max.

Source: National Post June 18, 2019 11:37 UTC