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September 23, 2020 - by Leslie Josephs for www.cnbc.com

American Airlines is planning to start training its pilots on the still-grounded Boeing 737 MAX this November, according to a company memo sent Monday.

The jets were grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two crashes killed 346 people, prompting software and other changes on the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration is going through some of the last steps that would allow the planes to fly again but hasn't provided a specific timeline.

The FAA last month issued the safety changes needed for the planes to return to service. Public comments on those changes are due Monday.

An American Airlines spokesman said that the company hasn't made any "definitive plans" on the MAX and that the pilot training date can be adjusted based on regulators' work...

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September 23, 2020 - by Sean Broderick for avionweek.com

"The caution and warning system in the 737 is as archaic as the airframe design. I flew jets made far earlier than the first 737 with a better system," said Woolman, a former B-52 pilot and Rockwell B-1 bomber flight instructor. "Properly analyzing aircraft failures can be like hunting for Easter eggs, especially if struggling with basic aircraft control."

WASHINGTON—Calls for an additional angle-of-attack indicator and concerns over the flight crew's ability to manually trim the aircraft in an emergency are among the issues highlighted in the initial set of comments on the FAA's proposed requirements to approve the Boeing 737 MAX's service return.

Boeing's proposed fixes including software modifications that use data from both MAX...

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