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... and I agree with Boeing.
I have a lot to rant about this, but don't have time right now.
The super short story is that there is a requirement that planes certified after December 2022 are required to have EICAS / ECAM (a computerized and centralized crew alerting system).
The Boing 737-MAX-8 and -9 (as well as every previous generation including the NG) were already certified without EICAS.
The it is almost 100% sure that MAX-10 will not make the deadline. And the -7 has good chances of missing the deadline too.
Boeing says that they are not going to install EICAS in the -10 and -7, whether they meet the deadline or not. If these variants are not certified by the end of the year and there is no waiver to lift this requirement for these variants, they will just cancel the programs.
Opinions and positions are all over the place.
I have a very strong and clear opinion:
I support making EICAS a requirement. Boeing should have implemented EICAS in the 737 25 years ago with the NG generation.
They were allowed not to, they had business reasons not to, and they didn't.
Now it is too late. Not only Boeing should not be required to implement EICAS in the MAX-10 and -7, but doing so is not feasible.
Giving Boeing the waiver is the only rational decision, because requiring EICAS for the -7 and -10 is bad for almost everybody (including the flying public), except perhaps for Airbus and airlines that didn't order the -10 and -7 but compete with ones that did.
Failing that waiver, cancelling the -10 and -7 is Boeing's only available option. Which, again, would serve nobody except Airbus and competing airlines.
I am particularly angry with the American Airlines pilots union who issued a statement (a dishonest one I think) lobbying for the congress not to give the waiver.
I have a lot to rant about this, but don't have time right now.
The super short story is that there is a requirement that planes certified after December 2022 are required to have EICAS / ECAM (a computerized and centralized crew alerting system).
The Boing 737-MAX-8 and -9 (as well as every previous generation including the NG) were already certified without EICAS.
The it is almost 100% sure that MAX-10 will not make the deadline. And the -7 has good chances of missing the deadline too.
Boeing says that they are not going to install EICAS in the -10 and -7, whether they meet the deadline or not. If these variants are not certified by the end of the year and there is no waiver to lift this requirement for these variants, they will just cancel the programs.
Opinions and positions are all over the place.
I have a very strong and clear opinion:
I support making EICAS a requirement. Boeing should have implemented EICAS in the 737 25 years ago with the NG generation.
They were allowed not to, they had business reasons not to, and they didn't.
Now it is too late. Not only Boeing should not be required to implement EICAS in the MAX-10 and -7, but doing so is not feasible.
Giving Boeing the waiver is the only rational decision, because requiring EICAS for the -7 and -10 is bad for almost everybody (including the flying public), except perhaps for Airbus and airlines that didn't order the -10 and -7 but compete with ones that did.
Failing that waiver, cancelling the -10 and -7 is Boeing's only available option. Which, again, would serve nobody except Airbus and competing airlines.
I am particularly angry with the American Airlines pilots union who issued a statement (a dishonest one I think) lobbying for the congress not to give the waiver.
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