Following Boeing's Calhoun's statements on CNBC yesterday, today Southwest CEO Jordan has also said that certification of the 737 MAX 7 - of which his airline has ordered quite a few - still is expected. The interview did not reach any specific factors concerning the alerting system update issue. The CEO did, though, indicate that if the airline had to switch to the -8 it would find a way forward, impliedly without much difficulty. Plus if I understood the q&a, if the airline ended up with some -8s now and some -7s later on following certification at some undefined future time, the mix of aircraft would not be a problem until at least a few years from the present.
((SLF-attorney still intending to post further on meaning - within scope of forum and thread - of "crime victims" court decision in Texas federal district court. Teaser: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz filed a "friend of the court" brief in the case.))