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Hundreds of pilots sue Boeing over 737 MAX issues

More 400 pilots joined the class action against the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing, demanding to cover the millions of losses due to the company’s “unprecedented concealment” of the “known design flaws” of the latest release of its best-selling aircraft.

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The Boeing 737 MAX series, first announced in the 2011 year and commissioned in the 2017 year, is the fourth generation of the 737 aircraft, a widely popular model of single-aisle aircraft that was a stronghold for nearby flights around the globe.

By March 2019, all aircraft in the US grounded after the presidential decree, other states also temporarily suspended flights on this model aircraft. The reason was the second fatal in six months air crash with the participation of 737 MAX, which resulted in the death of 157 people in Ethiopia.

During the time that has elapsed since two fatal accidents, the families of some of the 346 victims have demanded compensation, and airlines such as Norwegian Air have turned to the American manufacturer for compensation for loss of profits as a result of the global ban on the use of the aircraft. In addition, a lawsuit was filed against the aircraft designer on behalf of pilots qualified to fly the 737 MAX series, who claimed that Boeing’s decisions resulted in financial losses and mental disorders after the suspension of the use of the aircraft.

The initiator of the lawsuit, known as Pilot X, who chose to remain anonymous because of “fear of reprisal by Boeing and discrimination by Boeing customers”, filed a claim claiming compensation for damage to him and more 400 colleagues working for the same airline .

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Court documents claim that Boeing "participated in the unprecedented concealment of the known design flaws of MAX, which, as expected, led to the collapse of two MAX aircraft and the subsequent grounding of all MAX aircraft around the world."

Pilots claim that they "suffer from a significant loss of wages, including economic and non-economic damage," since the grounding of the aircraft.

A class action lawsuit will be considered in a Chicago court. A hearing is scheduled for October 21 2019.

The Boeing lawsuit involves an ambiguous addition of automated software known as Maneuvering Enhancement System (MCAS).

Pilot X criticized Boeing for having designed the MCAS system based on only one sensor, stating that “an effective design forces the MCAS to activate based on one faulty sensor [angle of attack] without cross-checking its data with another, properly working sensor.

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MAX competitor Airbus A320 NEO relies on three sensors as a fault tolerance monitor.

Kept in the dark

Стремясь побыстрее преподнести самолет клиентам, Boeing не предупредил пилотов о программном обеспечении, чтобы предотвратить «любое новое обучение, требующее учения на симуляторе» — решение, которое также было разработано, чтобы сэкономить деньги клиентов MAX.

Pilot X claims that Boeing “decided not to tell MAX pilots about the MCAS or to require MAX pilots to do any training to use the MCAS” so that its customers can deploy flights on “profitable routes as quickly as possible.”

Trying to get compensation for financial problems and mental disorders, the pilots who filed a class action claim that they hope to “keep Boeing and other aircraft manufacturers from putting corporate profits above the lives of pilots, crew and the general public they serve.”

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