Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Let's wait and see. I'll be amazed if, in due course, the grounding isn't lifted simultaneously by the FAA and EASA on an agreed date.
If not, which do you think will be first ?
FAA approval will come first because they are working very closely with Boeing and are the ‘home’ regulator. EASA will lift the grounding after a respectable period of time, mainly for political reasons. The FAA realises how important the MAX is to Boeing and will not let anything slide which may cause the huge embarrassment of the FAA lifting the grounding while other regulators say no, hence the latest ‘hardware issues’ delay. Boeing are smart enough to know that trying to bounce the FAA into an early decision will only serve to increase caution and suspicion in other regulators.
The MAX will only fly again when all parties, including Boeing, are convinced that it is completely safe to do so.