EU agency is said to have skipped 737 Max meeting in snub to Boeing

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There was a prominent no-show among the 200 regulators, pilots and airline managers that Boeing Co. invited to preview a crucial software update for the 737 Max this week, said people familiar with the matter: European safety officials.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville.

, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Representatives of EASA didn’t return requests for comment.Intentional or not, EASA’s snub points to the delicate politics Boeing faces in convincing regulators the Max is safe as the company seeks to restore confidence in its bestselling jet, which has been grounded for more than two weeks. The reputation of U.S.

As of late Friday, the Chicago-based plane maker was still finishing up paperwork needed to certify a software upgrade and revised pilot training for the 737 Max. One prominent pilots union criticized the proposed training as insufficient. Crash investigators suspect that a damaged or malfunctioning sensor triggered anti-stall technology in the Ethiopian Airlines plane, Bloomberg reported Friday. Investigators think that caused the plane's nose to point downward, and the pilots struggled to counteract the software-based system, according to people familiar with the crash probe. That scenario would be similar to the crash that brought down the Lion Air flight last year in Indonesia.

 

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Come on we can't let Boeing give everybody a snow job about those airplanes that won't fly and stay in the air

They have an ulterior motive. Hundreds will be flying soon and reliability will be proven.

They are too busy buying and colluding with AirBus, just like the Chinese.

All bad guys Boeing

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