The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots sued Boeing Co., saying the manufacturer rushed output of the 737 Max jet to stay competitive, withholding key information about a feature that contributed to two fatal crashes
by U.S. regulators were compromised. Boeing was trying to stay competitive with the Airbus A320neo, which could fly farther and burn less fuel.The lawsuit was filed Monday in a Texas state court in Dallas, according to the union. The filing couldn’t be immediately confirmed at the court.
Boeing has said there was no breakdown in the design, testing and Federal Aviation Administration approval of the Max. Until the Lion Air crash in Indonesia, airlines and pilots hadn’t been told of the existence of MCAS, which had been installed to counteract the effects of the Max’s larger engines on the existing 737’s airframe.Boeing also played down design changes in the Max to convince regulators and airlines that time-consuming training wasn’t needed because the plane was an update to the previous model, the 737 Next Generation, the lawsuit said.
The union decided to sue Boeing after failing to reach an agreement in talks that began in late August, said Jon Weaks, a Southwest captain and president of the labor group.
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