By David Shepardson
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson confirmed Wednesday the company is not going to enable Boeing Co’s (BA.N> grounded 737 MAX, concerned in two deadly crashes in 5 months, to renew flying earlier than the top of 2019.
Dickson advised CNBC in an interview forward of his testimony earlier than the U.S. Home Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that there are almost a dozen milestones that should be accomplished earlier than the aircraft can return to service.
Federal officers advised Reuters earlier this week the FAA is just not anticipated to authorize the aircraft to fly till January on the earliest, citing important work nonetheless to be achieved. Some U.S. officers suppose it might not be till at the least February that Dickson provides the inexperienced gentle.
Dickson will testify alongside Earl Lawrence, the FAA’s plane certification chief. Others set to look embody a former Boeing worker who raised considerations about 737 manufacturing and a former FAA worker.
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