▷ Flyers group challenge FAA approval of 737 MAX.

A flyers advocacy group challenged the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision to lift the ban on the Boeing 737 MAX.

Flyers Rights and a group of airmen said Tuesday that they had appealed the FAA’s Nov. 18 decision allowing the flights to resume to the U.S. District Court of Columbia, Reuters reported.

Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org and one of four people who challenged the decision, said the FAA and Boeing declared the MAX safe based on “secret data and secret evidence that is clearly legally inadequate.

Hudson and some Democratic lawmakers have demanded that the FAA disclose more of the underlying data in its tests. The group is separately seeking to compel the FAA, under the Freedom of Information Act, to release documents related to the 737 MAX tests and technical fixes.

The FAA is requiring a number of software changes and new pilot training requirements before aircraft can be returned to service.

The appeals court has ordered Flyers Rights to file a statement of issues by January 6 and both parties to file legal motions by January 21.

By David Shepardson

Flyers group challenge FAA approval of 737 MAX.

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