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Old 20th Aug 2019, 22:42
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It looks as though the wishful thinking continues:

"we currently estimate will occur on a timeframe to support an early fourth quarter return to service.”
"The finalized submission to the FAA is expected next month, and clearance to fly again could come within a month or so of that. Some MAXs could return to service within weeks of that clearance."

My math says that even believing these optimistic timescales, the earliest possible return to service would be December, which isn't really "early fourth quarter".

And to be realistic... China in particular has no really strong interest in being nice to the US, as an earlier post points out. EASA also needs to show clearly that it is not falling for the FAA's BS again. US only certification? It's clearly possible, but would the airlines really want to be associated with an aircraft that has been implicitly declared too dangerous to fly by every other country?
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