Congress Gives Boeing Clearance for 737 Max Certification

The 737 MAX 7 and 10 have been approved to proceed towards entry and return into service.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 01:38 PM ET

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The bill gives Boeing three years after certification of the MAX 10 to retrofit all models of the MAX jets with the safety enhancements. [Credit: Boeing]

Key Takeaways:

Congressional leaders approved a waiver for Boeing, allowing its 737 Max 7 and 10 jets to be certified without immediate compliance with new modern cockpit alerting system requirements that were set to take effect post-2022.
The agreement includes a condition requiring Boeing to retrofit all existing Max 7, 8, and 9 jets with specific safety enhancements within three years of the Max 10's certification, bearing the full cost.
This decision prevents significant financial losses for Boeing but has drawn criticism from victims' families and some pilot unions who argue it prioritizes company profits over safety, following two fatal Max crashes.

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Congressional leaders have agreed to give the Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] clearance for the new certification of its 737 Max 7 and 10 jets without further changes. The agreement, reached early Tuesday morning, came through an amendment of an end-of-the year government spending bill.

As previously reported in FLYING, after December 27, 2022, all airplanes must have modern cockpit alerting systems to be certified by the FAA.