On March 27, 2019, the Wall Street Journal cited Rick Ludtke, a former Boeing engineer, that midlevel managers told their staff members Boeing had committed to paying Southwest Airlines -- which has ordered 280 MAX aircraft -- $1 million per plane if the 737 MAX ended up requiring pilots to spend more time training on simulators. The engineer said, they had never, ever seen commitments like that before.
(google Rick Ludtke, not allowed to post links)
Motive to keep MCAS under the carpet? 280 mio off the profit is no pocket change, not even for Boeing...
Last edited by spornrad; 30th Mar 2019 at 22:37.