Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg posted a video on his official Twitter handle on Wednesday (April 17) claiming that the company is making “steady progress” on the path of certifying a software update for the controversy-entrenched 737 Max Aircraft.
“We’re making steady progress on the path to certification for our 737 MAX software update thanks to the work of our Boeing pilots, engineers, and technical experts,” said the tweet by @BoeingCEO.
Muilenburg demonstrated in the video saying the test flight was carried out on Tuesday, and further added that the test pilots have completed tests on total 120 flights and has logged more than 203 hours of airtime with the software fix for the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) which was supposed to command the nose down stabilizer that enhances pitch characteristics.
Boeing is reportedly updating the software which is responsible for an anti-stall system that has been linked to deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. The 737 Max remains grounded around the world pending regulatory approval to resume flying.
The aircraft manufacturing company now have to convince the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulators around the world that the software fix and all related training changes have determined the safety of using the MAX aircraft.
It is as much important to persuade the public who would be flying in the aircraft that its commitment is not just another example of the way around that big corporations always wiggle themselves out of. And for that, the company will require to have open and comprehensible explanations of what the aircraft manufacturers actually have done to ensure there is no repeat of October’s Lion Air crash and the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy which took the lives of 350 passengers in total on March 10.
