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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 8 January 2020

Boeing now saying pilots need simulator training for 737 Max

By DAVID KOENIG sford. training was needed. How- "Of course this should be should not have to push for
AP Airlines Writer "The FAA is following a thor- ever, families of victims of required," Nadia Milleron, basic safety standards."
Boeing said Tuesday it is ough process, not a set the two crashes lobbied for a Massachusetts woman Similarly, the chairman of
recommending that pi- timeline, to ensure that any simulator training, arguing whose daughter, Samya a congressional panel in-
lots receive training in a design modifications to the that pilots need to experi- Stumo, died in the March vestigating Boeing said the
flight simulator before the 737 Max are integrated ence how the Max differs 2019 Max crash in Ethio- company's endorsement
grounded 737 Max returns with appropriate training from previous versions of pia, said after Boeing's an- of simulator training was
to flying, a reversal of the and procedures," Lunsford the 737. nouncement. "Passengers welcome but overdue.q

In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, an United Airlines Boeing 737
Max airplane takes off in the rain at Renton Municipal Airport in
Renton, Wash.
Associated Press

company's long-held posi- said.
tion that computer-based The 737 Max has been
training alone was ade- grounded worldwide since
quate. last March after two crash-
The recommendation is es killed 346 people. Boeing
based on changes to the is making changes to flight-
plane, results from tests in- control software and other
volving a small number of systems in a bid to get the
pilots, and a commitment plane back in the air.
to the safe return of the Boeing long held that pi-
Max, Boeing said. lots who can fly older 737s
The final decision on the only needed a computer
nature of training will be up course — roughly an hour-
to the Federal Aviation Ad- long course on a tablet —
ministration and regulators to fly the Max. That helped
in other countries. The FAA airlines avoid timely and
said it will consider Boeing's costly training in simulators.
recommendation but also Boeing even offered to pay
rely on upcoming further Southwest Airlines a rebate
tests using pilots from U.S. of $1 million per plane if pi-
and foreign airlines. lots needed simulator train-
Those tests are designed to ing before flying the Max.
help regulators determine Last year, an FAA technical
flight training and emer- advisory board sided with
gency procedures, said Boeing and recommended
FAA spokesman Lynn Lun- that only computer-based