The former Boeing pilot charged with misleading air-safety regulators about a flight-control system that played a significant role in two deadly 737 MAX crashes is being unfairly blamed for the disasters, his attorney said
alleging that its employees conspired to deceive the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA agreed with Boeing and Mr. Forkner about that, which allowed a finding that pilots wouldn’t need extra simulator training to fly MAX jets. That decision saved money for both Boeing’s airline customers and the plane maker, which would have been on the hook to compensate at least one carrier for the cost of additional training, according to the indictment.
To show that, FAA employees will likely have to testify about what Mr. Forkner told them, according to attorneys. Some offices within the FAA knew about key changes to MCAS even if the agency’s training specialists whom Mr. Forkner dealt with didn’t, according to former Boeing employees familiar with the 737 MAX’s development. There were also disconnects between various groups within Boeing that might have left Mr. Forkner unaware of key details, they said.
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