Southwest did not know about the change for more than a year after the new 737 Max jets had gone into service.
After the fatal crash of a Lion Air flight in Indonesia, Southwest asked Boeing to reactive the safety alert on the jets in its fleet.
The FAA even considered grounding Southwest's Max fleet while they weighed whether or not the airline's pilots needed additional training about the safety alert. Ultimately, Boeing's 737 Max was grounded by the FAA in March in the wake of fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.
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