Public
Boeing to customers and FAA · 2016-2018
MAX differences training campaign
“Boeing told airlines and regulators that MAX pilots could move from the NG with computer-based training, not a full-flight simulator.”
The public story is that the plane is close enough to its predecessor. The private constraint is cost and delivery. Safety theater is when the training requirement is treated as a sales problem.
The tell · If simulator time is discussed as a threat to the order book, the safety claim has a second job.
How this became public: Released to Congress, FAA, and then the press; IA PDF pack.