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 a December 27, 2022, deadline for modern cockpit alerting systems on its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 variants.
Failure to receive the waiver will cause significant delays in the regulatory certification and deployment of these new Max aircraft, impacting existing airline orders.
The deadline is part of safety reforms implemented after two fatal 737 Max crashes, and the FAA maintains that safety dictates the certification timeline, with only Congress able to grant an extension.
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.
