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Boeing Recommends Sim Training Requirement for Max
The U.S. manufacturer cites its “unstinting commitment” to the Max’s safe return to service as it changes its position on simulator requirements.
Stored 737 Max jets sit idle at Boeing Field in Seattle. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)
Stored 737 Max jets sit idle at Boeing Field in Seattle. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)

Boeing will recommend to the FAA that 737 Max pilots receive simulator training along with computer-based training before the model returns to service, the company said Tuesday. The recommendation stems from changes to the airplane and test results and the company’s “unstinting commitment to the safe return of service,” it added. The concession comes after Boeing and the FAA for months resisted a simulator requirement as part of the revamped flight training regimen for the grounded jet.