Boeing faces a deadline of this December to receive certification of its 737-10, the largest variant of the 737 Max program. [Courtesy: Boeing]
Key Takeaways:
Boeing is requesting a congressional waiver to extend the December 27, 2022, deadline for regulatory certification of its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 variants with a new crew-alerting system.
Without the waiver, new Max aircraft face significant certification and deployment delays, impacting orders from airlines like Delta and WestJet.
This modern cockpit alerting system requirement is part of certification reform legislation enacted after two fatal 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people.
The FAA states that "Safety dictates the timeline of certification projects" and only Congress has the authority to change the deadline.
The deadline for the regulatory certification of Boeing Company’s (NYSE:BA) latest 737 Max variants with the crew-alerting system is rapidly approaching, and Boeing has asked Congress for a waiver to extend the December deadline.
After December 27, 2022, all airplanes must have modern cockpit alerting systems to be certified by the FAA.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
