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March 24, 2022
Ex-Boeing Pilot's Acquittal In 737 Max Trial A DOJ Flop
Boeing's former chief technical pilot's acquittal on charges he deceived safety regulators and airlines about the 737 Max was a high-profile flop for U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors who sought to pin liability on a lone individual for corporate missteps at Boeing that contributed to two deadly crashes, experts say.
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March 23, 2022
Jury Acquits Ex-Boeing Pilot In 737 Max Trial
A Texas federal jury on Wednesday found The Boeing Co.'s former chief technical pilot not guilty of misleading safety regulators and airlines about the level of training required for pilots of the 737 Max.
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March 18, 2022
Ex-Boeing Pilot Used Experience To Exploit FAA, Jury Told
Federal prosecutors told a Texas jury late Friday afternoon that The Boeing Co.'s former chief technical pilot, charged with misleading safety regulators and airlines about the 737 Max, used his experience working for the Federal Aviation Administration to manipulate the agency into lowering training requirements for pilots.
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March 16, 2022
Breaking Down The DOJ's 1st 737 Max Criminal Fraud Trial
The Boeing Co.'s former chief technical pilot will stand trial Friday in a Texas district court for allegedly misleading safety regulators and airlines about the 737 Max, in the first U.S. criminal trial over corporate missteps at Boeing brought to light following two deadly crashes overseas.
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February 08, 2022
Ex-Boeing Pilot Gets 737 Max Criminal Case Trimmed
A Texas federal judge tossed two criminal fraud claims Tuesday brought against a former Boeing chief technical pilot over the Federal Aviation Administration's evaluation of the troubled 737 Max, finding the software system at the center of the case is not a "part" as defined in the criminal statute.
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January 05, 2022
Ex-Boeing Technical Pilot's 737 Max Fraud Trial Set For March
The criminal fraud trial for a former Boeing Co. chief technical pilot accused of misleading the Federal Aviation Administration during its review of the 737 Max has been bumped to March after a Texas federal judge granted his lawyers' request for more time to prepare his defense.
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December 14, 2021
Boeing Pilot Says FAA Insider Called Him 737 Max 'Scapegoat'
A former Boeing Co. chief technical pilot facing fraud charges in the wake of a Federal Aviation Administration evaluation of the 737 Max said Monday that a former FAA official has told the government that the pilot is a "scapegoat" and shouldn't be charged, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
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October 14, 2021
Ex-Boeing Chief Technical Pilot Indicted Over 737 Max Probe
A Texas federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a former chief technical pilot for Boeing Co. on fraud charges, alleging he misled a Federal Aviation Administration evaluation of the 737 Max and withheld crucial information about the plane's flight controls.