FAA administrator set to pilot 737 Max on Wednesday

[brooklynite]

Source: ABC News

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is set to pilot the 737 Max Wednesday in Seattle -- a key step in the aircraft's eventual re-certification.

"I'm not going to sign off on this airplane until I fly it myself," FAA chief Steve Dickson has repeatedly said.

Dickson, a former pilot and executive at Delta Air Lines, will undergo the new proposed training for Max pilots before entering the cockpit.

The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded for over a year and a half after it was involved in two crashes that killed a total of 346 people.


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/faa-administrator-set-pilot-737-max-wednesday/story?id=73307860

[James48]

1. It sure would be a bitch if he crashed it.

Best of luck to him.

I knew an FAA flight test pilot who wrecked an airplane by flipping it over in a bad landing on a grass runway. Luckily he survived, but the plane was destroyed.

FAA has to pay for it.

Oops .

[keithbvadu2]

2. You can safely bet that the disable switch for the auto-pilot has been thoroughly tested already.

You can safely bet that the disable switch for the auto-pilot has been thoroughly tested already.

[genxlib]

3. I approve of this

Now substitute 737 Max for COVID Vaccine.

[bluescribbler]

4. Now that's what I call a public servant.

Putting his life on the line for public safety.

[mn9driver]

5. Grandstanding.

I’ve worked with Mr. Dixon. He prefers flying a desk to flying airplanes. There’s nothing wrong with that, but he is certainly not an expert in evaluating the flight characteristics of any particular airliner and throughout his career he has shown little interest in actually flying for a living.

Perhaps he feels he hasn’t been getting enough attention lately.

[pdxflyboy]

6. Hey mn9driver...

I’m with ya. I’ve known a few “desk jockeys” throughout my airline career. If they showed up in my flight deck to get flying in to stay minimally current, I had to keep a close eye on them for the entire flight. U know what I mean.

[mn9driver]

7. I've never fully understood what makes a management pilot tick.

[whistler162]

12. That maybe the best type of pilot

to take it for a final or near to final re-evaluation. Someone with just the training like any other pilot who will be flying the 737.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. It might be attention seeking....

Or it might just represent that he is willing put his own ass on the line, expressing his confidence in the system.

I'll go on the record in saying I think this risk has been somewhat overstated and more of a training issue than anything else.

[Bengus81]

8. Big woop...covering THEIR ass right along with Boeing

Seeing how the FAA basically let Boeing certify their OWN aircraft and then it started killing people.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. I hope he knows how to fly.

You never know with a Trump appointee.
I'm surprised Trump himself isn't going to fly it. After all, who knows more about jet planes?

[ret5hd]

10. Hope they remembered to disable this:

[SansACause]

11. It was nice knowing ya!

I'm not sure the life insurance would even pay out on this.