Recording of Boeing officials and Allied Pilots Association (union) meeting Surfaces
Source: Dallas Morning News
More than a week before a 737 Max 8 jet crashed in Ethiopia in March, the American Airlines pilots union was so unsettled by the actions of Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration it took the unusual step of filing a federal public records request.
The pilots wanted to know more about problems with the planes. On Feb. 26, the union sought records related to the FAA's November decision to update the Max 8 flight manual. They also asked for correspondence between the FAA and American Airlines regarding the planes' approval process.
The request followed a tense meeting between the pilots' union and Boeing employees at the union's headquarters after the October 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia. In a recording reviewed Monday by The Dallas Morning News, the pilots asked Boeing tough questions about the plane's safety.
By the time of the Nov. 27 meeting, there had been two Max 8 incidents within two days of each other: an emergency landing and a crash that killed 189, both on Lion Air planes in October. Why were the planes still in the air? Why not treat this like an emergency?
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2019/05/13/newly-surfaced-recording-details-pilots-pressed-boeing-after-lion-air-crash-requested-faa-records
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