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retired boeing 777 captain and the author of the book paper wings. les, good morning to you. you ve read the text messages. what do you make of this discussion? yeah, good morning, victor. it s just for me it s confirmation that this airplane had issues right from the get-go. we re not just talking the average pilot that made this communication, we re talking a technical pilot with boeing. i mean he makes somesel self-depricating remarks but what i ve been saying since this issue happened is there was no documentation for pilots flying this airplane, let alone the ones that were testing out the systems on this airplane. and you re given a system ha hasn t been tested, period, and is not getting high marks from
showing us what s happening. joining us now is richard quest, cnn business correspondent. and les, a retired american airlines pilot and author of paper wings. if you were still flying for american airlines, one of the airlines still using this 737 max 8. would you feel comfortable flying it today? no, i would not, i have to be honest, i would not feel comfortable with it. would i feel comfortable with my colleagues flying the airplane? a lot of them were my ko pilots, yes, because i know the training they ve gone through and know they ve educated themselves with reference to the particular situation if we refer back to lion air in october, if they were faced with a similar situation, i have confidence they d be able to get the airplane under control. let s put up a list of airlines that are still flying today. american airlines, southwest,
8,000 hours in the cockpit. the second officer was relatively new, 200 hours. they have a good safety record. it flies a modern fleet. by the way, this trip had flown south to africa. no issues. 157 people lost their lives. by the way, the pressure is building on the faa to act. we ll see whether it decides it has to act. let s bring in captain and contributing editor to flying magazine. also the author of paper wings. les, few of us watching are pilots. most of us fly on special planes, would you feel safe today flying on a 737 max 8? i would feel uncomfortable, the only way to put it. granted, i want to reiterate what tom costello said.