Originally Posted by
Zeffy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/indones...rt-11569185664
' The FAA is urging a core group of regulators—from Canada, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand—to approve the fixes around November........FAA leaders also are trying to persuade aviation authorities in Europe and other regions to follow by lifting their grounding orders
shortly afterward, according to U.S. government and industry officials familiar with the deliberations. '
One of the big questions asked here has been: "Will there be simultaneous return to flight of the MAX in all jurisdictions?" If that report is accurate then the answer seems to be NO unless the return is delayed well into 2020. It does look as though the FAA is trying to cherry pick the jurisdictions who will be invited to act simultaneously with the FAA. To me this looks like treating safety as if it is a political issue. Either way this is bad for Boeing. Outcome A is that the MAX returns to service in some jurisdictions while others are still keeping it on the ground, with the possible consequences that either insurers or crew or even (possibly) passengers will refuse to play. Outcome B is that the grounding continues until all jurisdictions agree to lift it, and that simply isn't going to happen this year.
The bigger (indeed biggest) question asked here is whether the MAX will ever fly again. I'm assuming that the answer to that is Probably.