U.S. pilots express confidence in the 737 Max planes after two of them crashed within five months of one another, prompting countries around the world to ground the planes.
U.S. pilots expressed confidence in their abilities to safely fly their airlines' Boeing 737 Max planes and said it is too early to know what brought down one of the planes Ethiopia over the weekend, the second fatal crash of one of the best-selling aircraft in less than five months.
On Wednesday, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, said the committee is planning an aviation safety hearing in light of the crash.American Airlines has 24 Boeing 737 Max 8 planes in its fleet of about 1,000 mainline aircraft.
"We have not seen a single anomaly" related to the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system, known as the MCAS, said American's pilot union APA said in a statement.
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