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Strong criticism for not training the pilots in the simulator. there is what pilots use to train. its a full motion simulator. and the airline is being criticized for not using the simulator to train pilots about the new mcas system. as the chief executive told me, the first time they knew about mcas was after the lion air crash, the simulator theyve got for the aircraft doesnt replicate the fault andest i dont want -- and ethiopian airlines has done everything required by authorities. >> this i...

>> from the beginning it was all about introducing this new plane but at a tremendous cost saving to boeing which was reconfiguring engines and airlines could assimilate the planes into the 737 fleet. the promotional material talked about the low cost of the rollout. as you build your 737 max fleet millions of dollars will be saved because of its commonality with the next generation 737. pilots, industry unions told cnn the training was all done on an ipad, no air time for practice, not even in ...

Faa, boeing and possibly even the united states as a world leader in aviation have all taken a hit, credibilitiwise and reputationwise. >> boeing under scrutiny for the last week crash in ethiopia killing 157. and last octobers crash in indonesia killing all of the 189 people on brody. attorney brian cabatek represents families siouxing. >> my clients are pleading with boeing and the united states government and the international aeronautic community not to put the plane out until we know its 10...

Extras or upgrades. >> were also learning that despite ethiopian airlines having a max 8 simulator, the pilot never received training on it. the crashes mattered to americans. this map from the "new york times" shows all the routes the 737 max 8 and max 9 were flying before they were grounded. >> lets bring in nbcs tom costello who covers aifruatirav. this -- aviation. this blows my mind how they would be extras or addons and these two airlines opted not to pay for it. >> if you go out and buy a...

Department and a commanding investigation by the department of transportation inspector general. that in addition to congressional investigations, the first of which will happen next wednesday in the senate. meantime, reuters is reporting today that the pilot of the doomed ethiopian airlines max 8 was never trained in the airlines max 8 simulator. he had been scheduled for a refresher course in it last march. reuters mode identify the source commitment in a hotel lobby. he was a colleague pilot ...

Erickson predicts the flooding will get worse and be more widespread. bret? >> bret: live in free point, illinois. thanks. ethiopian airlines pushing back on a report that the pilots who downed the boeing 737 had never been trained for the max 8. the companys ceo says its pilots went through all the extra training required by boeing and the faa to fly the jet that crashed this month, killing all 157 people on board. "the new york times" reported that the pilots of the plane never trained in a si...

Perspective. theres a lot of argument to say its a different airplane, and you cant assume that because some pilot has been flying 737s, which are the most popular commercial airliners in the world that they should know how to handle things that go wrong on a 737 max 8 or 9. >> i would tell you that almost every 737 max pilot i have talked to, in fact, everyone, says it feels the same. they dont see a difference. it feels more high-tech, but they dont feel the difference with traditional models ...

Speak, perhaps due to a faulty sensor. and even though that mimics a typical stabilizer trim run away scenario that all airline pilots must train to periodically in a simulator, in this case, it may have surprised the crew. we just dont know yet. so, this software fix will simply ensure that a faulty, one faulty sensor will not cause this unintended movement of the stabilizer trim. neil: does that indicate an acknowledgment on the part of boeing that the plane did have a problem and that some of...

Of days at this point, well get to know exactly what happened in ethiopia, well get to know whether the same cause the loss of life in both lion air and this one. >> i want to ask you about is this a pilot training issue, what -- >> its basically all of the above issues. it has a design issue. the faa and boeing let an airplane out with this design issue, the m cacass system whic causes this problem and it also let the airplane out without requiring robust training of the flight crew. when you l...

Technology increases to more automation, they try to limit the amount of risk involved. when they do that, sometimes things fall through the cracks. one of those things is in identifying what has been changed and then identifying that to the pilots and the training techniques and the training regimen that is required. usually when you transition to a new model in the 737 program or 787 program, the pilots, we would receive input both on a web-based and then our training departments would work to...