Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Seems to be just an issue with 737 MAX 7 ( and MAX 10) certification, so UA's MAX 8s and MAX 9s will / may not be impacted but expect more MAX news / confusion in the future
The original deadline, the end of 2022, was set to allow the MAX 7 and 10 to complete certification under the old rules. Then COVID, then the delays from fixing the MCAS situation, and it doesn't look like they'll make it. I don't think rushing certification would be productive.
As a 737 pilot, I do not want to switch between airplanes with EICAS and airplanes, both NGs and MAX 8/9, which have the existing recall-panel design for crew alerting. It would change the flow on several of our normal checklists and ALL of our non-normal checklists. Switching back and forth between the two does not promote safety. Crews will make more mistakes because of switching back and forth.