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Morton led the development of Boeing's modern cockpit design, first introduced on the 757 and 767 programs in 1981, the design that superseded the 737 version still in use on the MAXs. Peter Morton, a retired Boeing senior executive and leading cockpit design engineer, cautioned that introducing changes to an airplane system and requiring pilots to adjust is a complex project. The option recommended in the proposed cockpit revamp would require heavy investment and resources to design, test and certify.īut there are legitimate reasons besides cost to be wary of such a major system change. The issue is not solely one of Boeing investing the money to upgrade.
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"We vigorously oppose an extension," said Michael Stumo, father of Samya Rose Stumo, who died in the second MAX crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in 2019.
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Investigations into the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, which killed 346 people, found the cacophony of confusing alerts in the cockpit distracted the pilots and contributed to the accidents. However, there's pushback around extending that deadline.Īfter Boeing redesigned the flight control system that caused two MAX crashes, critics - including families of the crash victims - turned their focus to the jet's failure to comply with the crew alerting standard. After this year, only planes compliant with the crew alerting regulation can be certified. The push for a more substantial cockpit revamp comes as Boeing's regulatory reprieve is nearly at an end.įAA certification of the MAX 10 - its approval to fly passengers - is behind schedule and Boeing is expected to miss a critical year-end deadline written into legislation passed in 2020.
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That's a high-stakes decision. Boeing has argued bringing the MAX into compliance with the current crew alerting standards would cost billions of dollars.Īnd at a precarious moment for the company as it emerges from the pandemic more dependent than ever on MAX sales, requiring an upgrade would delay the entry into service of the final member of the jet family, the MAX 10.ĭuring the original certification of the MAX, Boeing persuaded the FAA to exempt the plane from the crew alerting regulation, arguing that any safety benefit would not be "commensurate with the costs."įor the MAX 10, Boeing is implementing a couple of enhancements that will improve the system - though it still won't comply with the current standard. "It's a matter of the will to do it," said Joe Jacobsen, former Federal Aviation Administration safety engineer and agency whistleblower. The proposed fix was offered as an alternative that all models of the MAX could be retrofitted with. The system on the MAX for alerting pilots about malfunctions during flight is outdated - and without an upgrade Boeing may need congressional action to extend the jet's exemption from the latest safety regulation and get the upcoming final version of the MAX into service. Senate committee overseeing aviation a technical proposal to upgrade Boeing's 737 MAX cockpit to current design standards. 19-Last month, two prominent flight control experts and whistleblowers - one ex- Boeing, one ex- FAA - delivered to the U.S.