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 agreed to waive the requirement for Boeing's new 737 Max 7 and 10 jets to have modern cockpit alerting systems for certification, bypassing a December 27 deadline.
As a condition, Boeing must retrofit all existing Max 7, 8, and 9 jets, and subsequently certified 7 and 10 models, with other safety enhancements within three years of the Max 10's certification, bearing all costs.
This decision, aimed at preventing billions in losses and job cuts for Boeing, overrides post-2020 safety legislation implemented after two fatal Max crashes and has faced opposition from victims' families.

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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.