Weeks after the first fatal crash of Boeing's popular 737 Max aircraft in October, American Airlines pilots angrily pushed Boeing to fix the anti-stall software that has now been implicated in two deadly crashes, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Pilots asked Boeing at a private meeting in November to take emergency action that would have likely grounded the Max, but Boeing officials resisted, according to an audio recording of the meeting reviewed by the Dallas Morning News and New York Times.
"No one has yet to conclude that the sole cause of this was this function on the airplane," Sinnett said at the meeting, which took place at the Allied Pilots Association headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. The group represents American Airlines pilots. "These guys didn't even know the damn system was on the airplane — nor did anybody else," American pilot Michael Michaelis said.Federal Aviation Administration"My question to you, as Boeing, is why wouldn't you say this is the smartest thing to do?" Michaelis asked. "Say we're going to do everything we can to protect that traveling public in accordance with what our pilots unions are telling us.
Sinnett said the company did not believe that pilots needed to know about the software, since they were already trained on how to behave in emergency scenarios.
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