President Trump spoke with Boeing's CEO today after tweeting about how flying has become too complicated. It's the first known conversation between the two since the Ethiopian Airlines crash. Follow live updates
President Trump and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg spoke by telephone today, following the president’s tweet about how flying has become too complicated, according to two sources familiar with the conversation.
"I'm very matter-of-fact about things. I mean, I can't live life worried about every bad thing that happens and when will it happen to me." she said.Senator asks American, Southwest and United to voluntarily to ground their Boeing 737 MAX 8sSen. Richard Blumenthal just sent a letter to the CEOs of American Airlines, Southwest, and United asking they take the"common sense step" and ground their Boeing 737 Max 8s while the FAA gathers answers.
"I hate flying as it is," she told CNN. "When I saw it was one of the new ones I was absolutely terrified."About two hours into the flight, she says she noticed something odd. “We know a lot of people in the industry have started to voice concerns about the amount of technology and taking the power out of the hands of the pilots,” Sanders said. “You saw the President talk about that in his tweets earlier today,” she added.
The announcement follows a growing tide of European countries that grounded or banned the airplane from flying overhead.From CNN's Greg Wallace She called the FAA’s notice “insufficient considering the legitimate fear and uncertainty following two deadly accidents involving this aircraft.” The FAA notice, which was issued on Monday, said it would require “design changes” to the plane by April.
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