Boeing says making progress to certify grounded MAX jets with software fix

FILE PHOTO: An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, U.S. March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

- Boeing Co said on Monday it was making steady progress to certify its grounded 737 MAX jets with a software update and completed a final flight test prior to the certification flight. “Test pilots have made 146 737 MAX flights totaling roughly 246 hours of air time with the updated software, and nearly 90 percent of our 50-plus MAX operators around the globe have experienced the software update themselves during one of our simulator sessions,” Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said.

Muilenburg will face shareholders on Monday for the first time since two fatal crashes that led to the 737 MAX’s grounding worldwide and triggered investigations, lawsuits and a sharp loss in share value.

Bottom line is that consumers won’t board the flying coffins, so it doesn’t really matter how much money or time Boeing wastes trying to spin the facts to the FAA, shareholders, POTUS, Congress, airlines, etc.

Here's a question: how many testing hours would be required by Boeing to deliver a certain level of confidence in safety? I recommend a look at Gresham lecture by Prof. Martyn Thomas on 'Safety Critical Systems'. mctFREng - is Boeing's claim credible?

I 'll never get one of those things,flying self driving death traps ..I will ask from now on ,was this a 737 max8 if answer is yes I'll switch airplane.. immediately although when number is up is up but just in case

Never trusting Boeing again

🙄 but people will never again feel safe in those airplanes... 🤔🤔

Must to send That planes on scrub yard for recycling

how can we trust the process when their previous process was so corrupt and flawed

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Boeing sees FAA approving software fix in May, MAX ungrounding in July: sourcesBoeing targets FAA approval of its 737 MAX software fix by May and to unground the aircraft around mid-July, sources say Will never fly in one. Of course because they’re greasing palms. They seem to be making this out as its just like Microsoft Updates - something routine. Trouble is with Boeing hundreds of people have to die before an update is considered. Their priorities are all wrong.
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