737 MAX
Jan 21, 2020, 6:08 pm
#91
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Another loss of life incident on a MAX plane would definitely be the end of MAX. I doubt however it would be the end of Boeing. Boeing is simply too large, and represents too large of a portion of US GDP, to be allowed to fail.
Jan 21, 2020, 7:52 pm
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Jan 21, 2020, 10:58 pm
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Jan 22, 2020, 1:15 pm
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Which again may have no relationship to reality. United has already said that the fall of 2020 would be the soonest they would expect to get them into the schedule. Even that may be wishful thinking.
Jan 25, 2020, 5:14 pm
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-idUSKBN1ZN2DS
FAA tells U.S. airlines it could approve MAX return to service before mid-year -sources
FAA tells U.S. airlines it could approve MAX return to service before mid-year -sources
Feb 7, 2020, 9:38 pm
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Good news! Boeing 737 set re-certification flight within a weeks.
https://www.ft.com/content/aea7c2e6-...3-955839e06441
https://www.ft.com/content/aea7c2e6-...3-955839e06441
Boeing’s troubled 737 Max is expected to achieve a “significant milestone” by making its certification flight in the next few weeks, the US aviation safety regulator said on Thursday.
Stephen Dickson, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, signalled that the 737 Max could soon return to the skies despite a new software issue concerning a dysfunctional warning light in the cockpit. There were “possible adjustments” to the warning light but the safety chief insisted there would not be “a significant delay” in returning the plane to service.
Stephen Dickson, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, signalled that the 737 Max could soon return to the skies despite a new software issue concerning a dysfunctional warning light in the cockpit. There were “possible adjustments” to the warning light but the safety chief insisted there would not be “a significant delay” in returning the plane to service.
Feb 17, 2020, 5:56 pm
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https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Bo...567744861.html
Feb 18, 2020, 9:39 am
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"The MCAS function commands nose down stabilizer to enhance pitch characteristics during steep turns with elevated load factors and during flaps up flight at airspeeds approaching stall."
Feb 20, 2020, 5:41 pm
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Boeing & FAA ordered all 737-MAXes to inspect undelivered for foreign object debris.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/boei...ct-debris.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/boei...ct-debris.html
Mar 5, 2020, 12:33 pm
#105
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Guess WN won't be needing those MAXs back after all.
Southwest Airlines Has More Bad Coronavirus News for Travel Stocks
Southwest Airlines Has More Bad Coronavirus News for Travel Stocks
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