Originally Posted by
Speed of Sound
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.
As the saying goes you can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.
The 737 Max is a fifty year old design with a few lights bells and whistles.
All we are seeing with Boeing and the FAA is a method of selling this death trap to the worlds airlines.
They laughed at Airbus and their plastic and electric aeroplanes but sadly now discover they have missed the bus. (pun intended)