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(96,882 posts) Tue Sep 29, 2020, 03:23 PM Sep 2020

FAA administrator set to pilot 737 Max on Wednesday [View all]

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

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FAA administrator set to pilot 737 Max on Wednesday [View all] brooklynite Sep 2020 OP

It sure would be a bitch if he crashed it. James48 Sep 2020 #1

You can safely bet that the disable switch for the auto-pilot has been thoroughly tested already. keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #2

I approve of this genxlib Sep 2020 #3

Now that's what I call a public servant. bluescribbler Sep 2020 #4

Grandstanding. mn9driver Sep 2020 #5

Hey mn9driver... pdxflyboy Sep 2020 #6

I've never fully understood what makes a management pilot tick. mn9driver Sep 2020 #7

That maybe the best type of pilot whistler162 Sep 2020 #12

It might be attention seeking.... Happy Hoosier Oct 2020 #13

Big woop...covering THEIR ass right along with Boeing Bengus81 Sep 2020 #8

I hope he knows how to fly. JohnnyRingo Sep 2020 #9

Hope they remembered to disable this: ret5hd Sep 2020 #10

It was nice knowing ya! SansACause Sep 2020 #11