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Oct 20 · FAA certifies Boeing's long-delayed 737 Max 10

Reuters via Yahoo Finance: FAA certifies Boeing's 737 MAX 10, clearing way for deliveries

Reuters copy, via Yahoo Finance

Grade B (82/100). Brief: certified, deliveries next

Lehrer score 82/100 (−18 omission: no safety-fix detail: “granted final approval to the long-delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.

Short wire brief, read in full. Plain facts; no safety-requirement detail.

Agrees: FAA certified the MAX 10

Splits: Brief: certification, Duffy's Everett visit, the 2020 original target

  • Met. Rule: do nothing I cannot defend (plain facts)
  • Broken. Rule: assume there is at least one other side (granted final approval to the long-delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10)

Read at Reuters via Yahoo Finance

Same story: NPR (AP), New York Post

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