Boeing CEO takes 737 MAX test flight over Seattle

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Boeing CEO Dennis A. Muilenburg took a test flight aboard an upgraded 737 MAX plane over Western Washington on Wednesday.

KING 5 obtained exclusive footage of the flight, which took off from Boeing Field in Renton. The jets have been grounded worldwide following two deadly crashes.

A group of technical experts appointed by federal aviation regulators said pilots won't need new training on flight simulators to learn how to operate updated software Boeing 737 MAX planes.

Muilenburg released a video statement from Boeing Field, saying, "Our talented test pilots have now completed 120 737 MAX flights, totaling more than 203 hours of air time with the updated maneuvering characteristics augmentation system, or MCAS, software."

His statement continued, "We're making steady progress toward certification. Yesterday, we completed the official engineering flight test of the updated software with our technical and engineering leaders onboard the airplane. That was the final test flight prior to the certification flight."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/boeing-ceo-takes-737-max-test-flight-over-seattle/ar-BBW3daw

[maxsolomon]

1. Good.

I like that he put himself on the flight.

[CentralMass]

2. Personally, I think that he should step down.

[maxsolomon]

3. why?

because someone must take the blame?

[CentralMass]

5. Because this was badly botched from the beginning. There seems to ample evidence of a serious issue

prior to that first Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October, that left 189 dead.
The fleet should have been grounded then and or an immediate alert on the issue should have been broadcast instead of quietly working on some secret software fix. The
Ethiopian Airlines killed 159.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47553174

"The captain and first officer followed safety procedures recommended by Boeing. But they couldn't stop the aircraft going into a fatal dive shortly after take off from Addis Ababa on 10 March, the report by Ethiopian investigators said. All 157 people on board were killed."

345 people died due due to lack of oversight and business decisions.

[Yonnie3]

4. I'd be more excited if he had flown with pilots who had only done the iPad training. n/t

[ZillyZap]

6. It all started in 2010.

Airbus released the A320Neo, an up-engined version of an A320.

Boeing was caught off guard without a new modern narrow body plane in the works.

They chose to add larger engines to a 737NG by relocating the engine centerline upwards thus adding inherent in instability which was countered by sensors and computer software.

They SHOULD have simply used the 787 construction and design cues for a new narrow body.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. It costs more to design a new plane

I'm sure that was their thinking with sticking with the 737 body.

[ZillyZap]

9. You're right, of course.

It's just a pity.

The 737 is arguably the most successful airliner in history.

The 737 NG variants like the 737-800 are truly brilliant.

They went back to the well one too many times?

[Bengus81]

7. What...in one that has that system 100% turned OFF?? BFD...........

Go put his ASS on a Max with a crew with the very sparse training and no simulator training that Boeing wanted.