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Canada keeps Boeing 737 Max grounded, despite U.S. approval
While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has allowed the Boeing 737 Max to return to service, the aircraft remains grounded in Canada. Transport Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement released Wednesday that the flight restrictions on the Boeing 737 Max aircraft remain in effect, “and will not be lifted until the department is fully satisfied that all its safety concerns have been addressed, and that enhanced flight crew procedures and training are in place." Transport… (www.yahoo.com) Ещё...Boeing’s problems were of their own making! Tried a shortcut, bigger engines on an airframe not able to be “upgraded” so easily. Turned out just like dog poop, makes a real mess (2 crashes) sticks to your shoes ( hard to clean up / fix) and the smell hangs around for a long time. (Reputation hard to salvage). I am not an aviator, just an interested and concerned consumer.
That is their perogative, but will it hurt the airlines in Canada that fly those aircraft?
There are none that are dependant on the Max alone. With only 3 users (Air Canada, WestJet, and Sunwing (a vacation focused airline with 4 of 12 737s being Max-8) and the fact that the Canadian companies are running at ~10% capacity at this point, by the time the gov't gives the green light to use the Max-8 they will still be surplus. Hard reality.
Maybe this is Canada's payback for Boeing having challenged Bombardier's C Series, now he Airbus 220
Transport Canada's independent investigation creates another "data point" to compare with other country's aviation authorities when it comes to reauthorizing 737 Max operation.
I've never been a fan of Canada just mimicking what we do in "the States". Canada is great because it is not the United States. The United States is great because it is not Canada. Win-Win.