Boeing CEO assures Trump that 737 MAX is safe

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg reassured President Donald Trump Tuesday that the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is safe, the company confirmed.

The conversation occurred even as governments including the European Union, the United Kingdom, France and Germany joined others around in the world in grounding the widely sold plane model or banning it from their skies amid questions about Sunday's fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet.

The Federal Aviation Administration has so far maintained that it has no basis for a similar decision until more data can be collected.

The two men spoke by phone shortly after Trump complained on Twitter that planes are "becoming far too complex to fly."

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/boeing-ceo-trump-737-max-safe-1218439

[OrlandoDem2]

1. Trump is the last person I want involved in this!!

[Fritz Walter]

2. Indeed!

He couldn't even run a third-rate airline without driving it into the ground.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Like Trump would know anything about aircraft

other than to plunk his ample ass in a leather seat and wait for the plane to land at near of his his golf resorts

[NCjack]

4. Hey, Nancy! This could be collusion to stop a govt investigation for a payoff. nt

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. I can't post this enough.....

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/what-is-the-boeing-737-max-maneuvering-characteristics-augmentation-system-mcas-jt610/

[barbtries]

10. i read it.

what i took away is that Boeing had made modifications and added a system to defeat the issue of the nose rising possibly causing a stall, and did not let pilots know about it?! Even though the pilots could switch to manual basically? I tried to copy the reason Boeing gave for not informing anyone about this but the page is protected.

I fly SW a lot. I wonder how many times I've been on one of these planes.

[asiliveandbreathe]

12. Quietly modified...if China has ground this fleet of planes..why not the US???

SW CYA..for now..can't hide for long.....some Senators onto the story..US holding back...

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/chinas-aviation-regulator-orders-grounding-of-737-max/

edit for link..

[barbtries]

14. sigh.

it's scary. especially the secrecy.
now this guy says to trump the planes are safe and i assume he'll be "taken at his word." whatever happened to trust but verify?
that's 2 of them that have gone down and killed every person aboard, right?

i've had more than one person tell me they NEVER buy the first year model of a new car.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0 The Air Current has the story...

Can't copy paste article...please read through both links...Sen. Warren has called for immediate grounding - SW and American need to ground this fleet!!!!!!!!!


https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/chinas-aviation-regulator-orders-grounding-of-737-max/


https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/what-is-the-boeing-737-max-maneuvering-characteristics-augmentation-system-mcas-jt610/

[DrToast]

6. Irresponsible comment. He can't know that yet.

[Sneederbunk]

8. There is a lot of water around Puerto Rico and air around the plane.

[jgmiller]

9. If the Boeing CEO said that it's kind of dumb

However he is also not wrong. The Lion Air crash was caused by an automated system responding to an improperly installed sensor, the airplane itself was not unsafe and neither was the software. The two things that contributed to the accident were maintenace not following a procedure and the pilots not understanding how the automated system worked. The lack of understanding was related to Boeing not explaining it correctly, however the previous pilots in the exact same plane understood the system and disabled it so take that for what you want.

With the current crash there is no evidence that it was the same system, there is just conjecture so therefore the plane is not unsafe. Airlines and politicians are just doing what comes naturally and protecting themselves by grounding the plane.

If two 737's that are 10 years old crashed 6 months apart nobody would run around immediately and demand they all be grounded. It's just human nature to assume something new is the cause.

As for Trump's dumb tweet, well he's a moron. Someone should suggest he start flying around in a DC3 if he doesn't want technology in the cockpit.

[asiliveandbreathe]

11. Have a look see at this article The Air Current.....

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/chinas-aviation-regulator-orders-grounding-of-737-max/

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/what-is-the-boeing-737-max-maneuvering-characteristics-augmentation-system-mcas-jt610/

[The Truth Is Here]

19. A DC3 crashed in Columbia a few days ago....

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4c52f8b2&opt=0

[Don Quijote]

13. And Trump pretends to believe him

Because he wants donations from Boeing.

[sandensea]

15. The CEO says, after stepping off a private jet.

[DoctorJoJo]

16. Trump Sent Him a Thank You Note: Dear Dennis Boeing, ....

[Firestorm49]

17. Cute comment by Muilenburg. Unfortunately, many nations in the European block disagree.

European nations have grounded the planes. So what are we? Dog meat?

[Stuart G]

18. Trump don't know sh*t about s**t.

He defines stupid. His boldest move was to become Putin's stooge. In exchange, he is now where he is. What will come out in time, will define him forever. Trump doesn't know it, but in comparison, Nixon will look a lot better than he does now. Nixon will never look good. Never. But Trump will define corruption in a whole different way.
The very last place he should be in is a discussion about airplane safety and qualifications for such safety. Trump is in a place he doesn't belong. And that includes many places.

[djacq]

20. So this phone call makes things okay?

Why is he answering to Trump and not the FAA?

[mr_lebowski]

21. You know how many people are going to start demanding they not be put

on one of these planes?

My bet is ... A LOT. I expect a story about mass revolts in US airports by tonight or tomorrow AM.

[pangaia]

22. Boeing didn't want to explain fully the modification for fear of

"inundating average pilots with too much information."

Well, well.. what the hell is an average pilot and what is too much info. ?
SOundds lkke somebody working for trump..

[Maxheader]

23. Plane go..Suck, squeeze...BANG!!

The basic operating process of a jet engine....

Words that describe stumpys whole career..

It might be able to relate to that much...

[marble falls]

24. I can think of two of them that weren't safe.