Pilots trained for Boeing’s 737 Max airplane with “an iPad lesson for an hour”

US pilots got an extra hour or two of training to prepare to use Boeing’s new 737 Max 8 aircraft, which has been involved in two deadly crashes in less than six months. Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the American Airlines pilot union, told Quartz that the training prior to the Lion Air crash for pilots qualified to fly the 737-800 amounted to “an iPad lesson for an hour.” Pilots have said they first became aware of the new flight system after the Lion Air crash, when the FAA ordered 737 Max manuals to be updated and Boeing issued information directing airlines to override procedures.

Source: qz.com