> It is possible to add an override and train pilots accordingly.
This was always possible. The reason Boeing didn't do it in the first place is because it would have required full retraining of all pilots.. the promise of the 737-MAX, at least from an airline perspective, is that you can take all your existing 737 pilots and put them through a much shorter cross-training program and immediately have highly qualified staff operating these planes in your fleet.
Without this, the 737-MAX will have to be operated as any other entirely new aircraft. Boeing's mistake here really is manifold.
> Without this, the 737-MAX will have to be operated as any other entirely new aircraft.
Whatever they do - scrap it an build a new model (be it derived from 737 pre-MAX or something else) or "fixing" 737-MAX there will be lots of eyes on it and request for training. I don't think the argument is relevant. They are too deep in the sh*t.
This was always possible. The reason Boeing didn't do it in the first place is because it would have required full retraining of all pilots.. the promise of the 737-MAX, at least from an airline perspective, is that you can take all your existing 737 pilots and put them through a much shorter cross-training program and immediately have highly qualified staff operating these planes in your fleet.
Without this, the 737-MAX will have to be operated as any other entirely new aircraft. Boeing's mistake here really is manifold.