On this special episode of Avtoc, we welcome back Air Current, editor-in-chief John Ostrower for a discussion on the state of the 737 Max's return to service, and what we've learned this month with the release of numerous reports including the joint authorities technical review

and the final report from Indonesian investigators online Air Flight 610.

We also discuss Boeing CEO Dennis Muhlenburg's testimony to Congress this week. Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Avtoc. I am Ian Petchenic here as always with

Jason Rabinowards and we have a special guest today.

It's John Ostrower once again from the Air Current.

Say hello, John.

Guys, thanks for having me back.

It's always good to talk to you, John.

We turn to you when we're in need

of a whole lot of wisdom and guidance and at this point in time I

think we could all use a little bit of wisdom and guidance because a lot has happened in an interesting turn of events a lot has happened and nothing has happened since we last talked to you.

The 737 Max is still grounded.

It has not returned to service, even though when we first spoke about an extended grounding,

it was projected that October would be when the aircraft returns to service.

That timeline has slipped multiple times

as various things have cropped up.

And so we thought we would take a walk

from the beginning of October all the way through today.

Kind of walk through basically the month of October because it's been what I would call

a rather important month for getting the 737 max back into service or we're

recording this on the 29th of October the FAA administrator Steve Dickinson

writing in the USA today whether or not the 737 Max would return to service.

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