Global airlines have warned of a major hit to profits due to the mid-March grounding of the MAX following two fatal crashes.
SEATTLE - Once global regulators clear Boeing Co’s 737 MAX to fly again after deadly crashes, airlines which have put their fleets into mechanical hibernation since March will scramble to begin the biggest ungrounding effort in history.
In the United States, following regulatory approval of a Boeing software fix and new training, airlines will have to run through an FAA-approved checklist, industry officials say. Jason Goldberg, a spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association, said it will take about a week to prepare American Airline Group Inc’s MAX fleet to fly, not counting the extra training.
Southwest Airlines Co, the world’s largest MAX operator, has agreed to a 30-day window with its 10,000 pilots to implement new MAX training, said Mike Trevino, spokesperson for Southwest Airlines Pilots Association.
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