FAA’s acting chief says analysis, not the calendar, will determine when the grounded 737 MAX can fly again
Boeing employees working on 737 MAX airplanes at the company’s facility in Renton, Wash., in March. Photo: jason redmond/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By Andy Pasztor Updated May 22, 2019 10:46 p.m. ET FORT WORTH—Acting Federal Aviation Administration chief Daniel Elwell appeared to undermine industry expectations that Boeing Co.’s BA -1.66% grounded 737 MAX jets would be heading toward a smooth and predictable return to the skies.
“If you said October, I wouldn’t even say that” was a realistic deadline at this point, Mr. Elwell said, because “we haven’t finished determining exactly what the training requirements will be.” He didn’t elaborate or offer any alternative dates. Industry and government officials closely following the discussions don’t believe it would take nearly that long to implement a fix.
Is the Federal Aviation Administration too close to the industry it regulates? In the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, The Wall Street Journal examines why the FAA is facing renewed scrutiny into its aircraft certification process. Last week, Mr. Elwell told a House aviation subcommittee that the FAA expected to formally receive Boeing’s software fix sometime this week.
FAA officials declined to specify the engineering challenges that have delayed certification. “The reviews of software changes are complicated and take time,” Mr. Elwell said, following a day of technical sessions here that included U.S. and foreign aviation officials.
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