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...His comments follow strong words from bosses at rivals United Airlines and Alaska Airlines....
...Personally, I hold Michael Douglas wearing a chunky bottle green jumper over a bare chest in 1992’s Basic Instinct as the pinnacle of V-neck wearing....
...The new Max 9 was delivered to Alaska Airlines in late October and certified in early November, according to online FAA data....
...Boeing said: “We fully support the FAA and our customers in this action.”...
...The FAA, which reviewed the instructions, said on Saturday that each inspection should take four to eight hours....
...The FAA chief also said he would meet chief executives of US airlines on Wednesday to discuss how to “share information more transparently and improve our safety management systems”....
...The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it had adopted the FAA’s emergency directive but that this was a “precautionary measure as we understand from both the FAA and Boeing that no European airlines...
...The airline does not operate any Max 9 aircraft, currently the focus of a federal investigation after a damaging fuselage breach of an Alaska Airlines aircraft 11 days ago....
...Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth urged the FAA this week not to certify the Max 7 with the safety exemption....
...Washington Senator Maria Cantwell sent a letter to the head of the FAA on Thursday saying “recent accidents and incidents — including the expelled door plug on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 — call into question...
...Boeing issued instructions to airlines on how to inspect the door inserts on their other Max 9s, but the FAA on Tuesday said those technical instructions were only “the initial version” and were being revised...
...And if the FAA puts greater scrutiny on (or declines to give exemptions to) Boeing for its not-yet-certified Max 7s and Max 10s after the Alaska Airlines incident, that could take another $1bn out of projected...
...The FAA, too, has struggled to invest in infrastructure and operations....
...It has created 79 companies, ranging from a coffee producer, to a new airline, a waste-recycling business, a defence firm and even a vape business....
...King has covered that the 737-10s have their own risks, as “certification [is] yet to be received from the FAA and currently depends on complicated political approval.”...
...The FAA’s clearance of those devices could still leave 1,100 flights and 100,000 passengers affected by cancellations or delays on a typical day, Airlines for America warned, saying that it had established...
...The FAA has noted other differences including 5G’s operating power levels in the US....
...Airlines including United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic are hoping to use them to ferry business and first-class passengers rapidly to airports to board long-haul flights....
...A spokeswoman for the FAA said on Sunday that the agency would review the latest proposal from the telecoms groups and that “US aviation safety standards will guide our next actions”....
...The FAA in a statement thanked the telecoms groups for agreeing the additional interval and said “we look forward to using the additional time and space to reduce flight disruptions associated with this...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 19. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“The timelines are realistic and clear because the FAA [US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration] wants to make this happen....
...Steve Dickson, head of the FAA, signed an order on Wednesday directing airlines to dispense with warnings for unruly passengers and skip straight to legal enforcement, with maximum penalties including a...
...executive pay, companies that took the money agreed not to lay off staff or axe routes until September 30 — even though air passenger volumes in the US have fallen by more than 90 per cent since March, and a V-shape...
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