Originally Posted by
fruitflyer
For airlines like Southwest an FAA clearance is all that's needed. Norwegian not so much.
Don’t be so sure about that. I read something recently which suggested that ALPA members at Southwest would be very uneasy about flying a ‘partially cleared’ aircraft. Southwest's insurers would also be put in a difficult position.
Politically it would be very difficult for the FAA if the last authority to ground the MAX was the first authority to clear it to fly again. That kind of attention is something that the FAA really doesn’t need right now.