Originally Posted by
krismiler
The whole process of certifying the Max will be gone through with a fine tooth comb by government experts. Senior people are going to be appearing before committees and grilled under oath, a whole can of worms is going to be opened up. Lawyers, investigative journalists and top experts in various fields are going to be running at full speed.
The American system is unmatched when it comes to digging up the real story and laying it out in public.
All absolutely true, at least when the American system is shaken into high-alert status. It is definitely in that status, now, WRT the MAX and its certification and apparent defects. Given that, it seems rather a stretch to expect that Boeing's pending MCAS software patch will result in the airplanes returning to service in the immediate future.
Among any number of other issues, it seems likely that the insurance carriers that issue the policies required under 14 CFR 205 are paying close attention and communicating forcefully with the airlines.