the FAA wants it both ways. On the one hand they only want pilots on their evaluation board with prior MAX experience, but on the other hand they say no prior experience (or MAX sim time) is necessary to fly the thing operationally! It's this have the cake and eat it that created this mess. They need to hold every part of the industry to the same stndard, not some kind of watered down fudge middle ground for what is easy and convenient. Have a backbone FAA!
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