Congressional leaders reached agreement early Tuesday morning on an end-of-year government spending bill that includes an amendment to give Boeing the clearance it needs to get its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 jets certified without further changes.
The amendment ensures a deadline included in legislation passed in 2020 does not apply to the Max 7 and Max 10 models that have yet to enter service.
Absent that waiver, with the deadline passed, the Federal Aviation Administration could not certify those two planes to fly passengers without an extensive design upgrade to the systems that alert the crew when something goes wrong in flight.
