Over pilots' objection, Boeing seeks safety exemption for MAX 7
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Boeing asked the FAA to exempt its 737 MAX 7 from certain safety regulations. Without the exemption, an engine anti-ice system defect will keep the jet from being certified.

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  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]12•6 months ago

    what exactly is the pitch here, they made a plane that occasionally goes HAL and insists on killing everyone, and their solution to that after years is to just ask for a fucking PASS?

    • voight [he/him, any]4•6 months ago

      What's got the bad orange website so upset at Boeing I'm out of the loop, part of the reason I posted. Also just US military contractor having dumb plane issues + financialization

      • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]8•6 months ago

        Maybe because the issues Boeing has had over the last few years with its 737 MAX MCAS system wrt Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes being fresh on peoples minds.

        The regular 737 MAX was grounded for like a year or something from 2019 to 2020 IIRC.

        Or maybe theres something more recent that i just havent been paying attention to.

        • voight [he/him, any]3•6 months ago

          👀👀👀

          Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air

          https://web.archive.org/web/20240106125734/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67899564

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]8•6 months ago

    Sure, if anybody can be trusted with safety exemptions it's Boeing, right?