Captain wasn’t trained on Max 8 simulator before Ethiopian Airlines crash, sources say

American civil aviation and Boeing investigators search through the debris at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines crash, near the town of Bishoftu, Ethiopia, on March 12, 2019.Ethiopian Airlines surpassed many carriers by becoming one of the first to install a simulator to teach pilots how to fly the new Boeing 737 Max 8, but the captain of the doomed Flight 302 never trained on the simulator, according to people close to the airline’s operations.

It was unclear if the second pilot on Flight 302, the co-pilot, had trained on the Max 8 simulator. Nor was it clear if the airline had used the simulator for refresher courses it requires pilots to take every six months, or only to train new pilots. Many pilots learned the new features of the Boeing Max on an iPad, and many were not originally informed of the existence of the automated system, which can push the plane’s nose down if it is approaching a stall.

After the Lion Air crash, Ethiopian Airlines also shared with its pilots Boeing’s instructions on how to deal with the kind of problems Lion Air pilots appeared to have encountered, the people close to Ethiopian Airlines operations said. The pilots on the doomed Lion Air flight did not appear to understand why the jet was tipping downward and how to correct that problem. One flipped through a technical manual, and the other began to pray, according to the cockpit voice recording.

🛑 🛑 this nonsense! Ethiopian Airlines completely disagree with the irresponsible NYT piece. All the pilots took the FAA approved and Boeing recommended trainings. Don’t play your petty politics with peoples’ lives.

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