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Wow. kristin: boeing is now saying that its completed that software update for its 737 max planes in the wake of a congressional hearing with the acting f.a.a. administrator about the aircraft. for more on this were bringing in rob mark, senior editor at flying magazine and publisher of jetline.com. rob mark, thank you for coming in. lets start with what boeing is saying, theyre saying they fixed the update. is that enough to clear the 737 max to get up and flying? >> not by a long shot. the f.a...

Little more. and there didnt seem to be any common sense there. >> jon: one of my questions. there are three u.s. airlines, flaged that southwest has some, american has some and united has some. all the flights in this country went off without a hitch. why the disparity with the two crashes overseas? >> thats something well have to try to look at. i know yesterday the ntsb chairman said training should be the same for all pilots around the world that are flying the same airplane. we dont know if...

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Sometimes people rush it. >> deadly consequences. see what liability the airlines might have since this guy was flying. rob mark, appreciate your insight. >> youre welcome. >> we certainly cant get enough of this guacamole debate. therer is a triple threat for the of avocados. if you take multiple medications, a dry mouth can be a common side effect. thats why theres biotene. it comes in oral rinse spray or gel so theres moisturizing relief for everyone. biotene, for people who suffer from dry m...

Capabilities to climb that high. why they didnt just simply turn 90 degrees one way or another and kind of parallel it while they tried to figure out a way through it, that i cant figure out yet. >> or even return. >> well or -- we dont do that. we talked about that earlier. pilots dont ever turn around. they just dont. its part of our ego, which is one of our great failings, actually. >> all right, rob mark, thank you. >> youre most welcome kelly. >> its a new year and new congress going to wor...

A information on the aircraft. where they veered off course and took it to a destination unknown. so this falls into the category of i think really beginning to confirm that there was some sort of conspiracy that led to a cockpit breach, that led to this aircraft being commandeered. >> rob, if it is even possible for the pilot to turn off the transponder and boeing is coming out saying he had to do it, he may have done it. but maybe it is the lawyer in me, these things always wind up between the...

With the pilots on board? there is so much here we dont understand. it is frustrating. >> the communication system also of the airline seemed to have been shut down sequentially? have we confirmed that tonight? we confirmed they did not go out in one fell swoop but sequentially? >> true, true, that raises the questions why did these things go off? and why did the plane go on for several hours to fly? if the plane had blown up these things would have gone off at the same time. and obviously the c...

With the pilots on board? there is so much here we dont understand. it is frustrating. >> the communication system also of the airline seemed to have been shut down sequentially? have we confirmed that tonight? we confirmed they did not go out in one fell swoop but sequentially? >> true, true, that raises the questions why did these things go off? and why did the plane go on for several hours to fly? if the plane had blown up these things would have gone off at the same time. and obviously the c...

Were getting potentially significant new details about the events leading up to the disappearance of flight 370, including this new development. malaysias prime minister says the cockpits signoff to ground control, which you recall was "all right, good night," was said after the planes communication systems were disabled. and the order of those events suggests whatever incident happened on that plane was already happening when ground control heard that message. theres so much to talk about, i wa...