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How many MAX Sims are currently in service or are being prepared? One in Canada, I'm told.
Is a -800 cockpit capable of being retrofitted as a MAX as this would make it quicker to 'rush' some MAX sims into use. Looking at a bare 747 cockpit last week it did seem that a bit of de-rivetting would be required.
Air Canada already has two MAX sims with a third on its way.
BTW, spoke to an Air Canada MAX captain yesterday an while the aircraft in grounded, all crews go to sim training once a month to do their 3 takeoffs and landings to keep current on the aircraft. He also told me that they tried the Boeing procedure that was originally in the Boeing 737/200 books for a trim runaway and the outcome was not always positive with many crews losing the aircraft despite starting at 7000' AGL and of course knowing what was going to happen prior to starting the exercise.