With just 35 days left in 2019, the FAA is making it increasingly clear it is unlikely to re-certify the Boeing 737 Max this year, a target Boeing has been targeting for months.
For the third time in two weeks, the FAA said publicly it will take all the time it needs to deem the Max is safe. The FAA issued a new statement saying, "The FAA has not completed its review of the 737 Max aircraft design changes and associated pilot training. The agency will not approve the aircraft for return to service until it has completed numerous rounds of rigorous testing."
This is the latest move by the FAA to publicly push back on Boeing's belief Max deliveries could resume soon. In its most recent 737 Max progress report issued on Nov. 11, Boeing said, "it is possible that the resumption of Max deliveries to airline customers could begin in December, after certification, when the FAA issues an Airworthiness Directive rescinding the grounding order."
The message could not be missed: The FAA will not rush the certification of the MAX simply because Boeing believes the process should be completed by a certain date. To drive that point home, Dickson posted a video message to FAA employees the following day saying, "I'll support the time that you need to conduct a thorough, deliberate process for a safe return to service."
That testing, which takes up to three to four days is expected to start next week according to one person familiar with the Max timeline. By mid-December, the Max may finally make its certification flight. When it's over, it could take a week or two to analyze the data and complete a final report on that flight.
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