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Boeing do not supply the MAX sims, two other independent companies manufacture and sell them.
Most MAX simulators including the one in Ethiopia were outside the US, but I guess they could have sold them to the US.
simulators are produced separately by CAE Inc and Textron Inc’s simulator and training division TRU
Air Canada owns 2 max simulators and has access to a 3rd.
CAE started making more simulators in Jan anticipating a need.
Canada’s CAE Inc., anticipating a surge in demand for pilot training, in November said it had begun to make 737 Max full-flight simulators without customer orders in hand, an unusual step in the build-to-order industry. The company believed more training would be needed in the wake of 737 Max crisis and wanted to be in a position to quickly supply airlines with the machines that can cost as much as $20 million apiece, CAE spokeswoman Helene Gagnon said.