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Pending evaluations could change things
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Sean Broderick | Aviation Daily

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association does not expect simulator training to be part of the 737 MAX return-to-service requirements, but concedes that pending evaluations, including some that its pilots will participate in, could change things.
 
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