Pilots are concerned about whether new training methods proposed by Boeing for pilots of its 737 MAX airplanes are adequate to “ensure that pilots across the globe flying the MAX fleet can do so in absolute, complete safety,” the head of an airline pilots union told a U.S. congressional hearing.
Daniel Carey, a 35-year captain with American Airlines and president of the 15,000-member Allied Pilots Association, told the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday that before two fatal crashes, there was an “absence of robust pilot training” on how to respond in case of a failure of the MAX’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
MCAS failures factored in the fatal crashes of two 737 MAX airplanes, according to preliminary investigations. The first accident involved Lion Air Flight 610, which crashed into the Java Sea after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 29, 2018, killing all 189 passengers and…
