FAA Head Takes to the Sky in a Boeing 737 MAX

Federal Aviation Administration head Steve Dickson flew Boeing's (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX on Wednesday, an important symbolic milestone in the company's effort to get the plane airborne again. The 737 Max has been grounded since March 2019 after a pair of fatal accidents, but Boeing has been working with U.S. and international regulators to review changes made in response to those crashes in hopes of getting the plane recertified. A number of regulatory bodies have conducted test flights, but Dickson, a former military and commercial pilot, was eager to take the controls himself.