jon: here is what steve dixon here himself said about the fixes were the 737 max.on all the activities that we have undertaken during the past 20 months and my personal experience flying the aircraft i can tell you now that i am 100% comfortable with my family flying on it. jon: what about you, bert? would you fly on the 737 max. >> absolutely. i would've flown on it before and it's a great airplane and brings lots of safety technologies to the market and obviously it had a flaw in the software that has been corrected and i know that if steve dixon is putting his name on it it's good for everybody in the process i saw boeing approach like i said, i was overwhelmed. they spared no expense and there was no timeframe that was to do it right and get it done right the first time so i'm very confident in your plant and a know it will take a while for the travel and public to accept it but it will in time and, you know, it will be a great airplane and safe for the skies. jon: albert, thank you for your insights. >> thank you, jon. jon: still ahead, details on how the trum

please welcome steve dixon to the microphone. [applause] steve: thanks, jim. it is really a pleasure. appreciate your hospitality, here at the kennedy's best center -- space center along with bob. tos an honor for the faa launch.with nasa on the this is what happens when you fuel drop or two of rocket into ingenuity. we have all dedicated countless hours to make sure this launch is both safe and successful. the faa's job in this mission and in commercial space generally is to protect public safety, property, and national security. we have the right skills and workforce, and team, to get this done. we have been doing it for many years, but this is our first manned, orbital spaceflight. we are really excited and privileged to participate today. in calendar year 2020, the faa licensed 30 ones base opportunities -- 31 space operations. in one month in october. we expect to license 56 more. it just about one per week in 2021, an exciting time in aerospace in the united states. in end of these salves -- in and of themselves, these numbers are impressive but just the

vice president and director general of jackson human spaceflight technology directorate, steve dixon administrator of the federal aviation administration, faa and president and chief operating officer of spacex.ar in a in a moment will through te opening remarks and then we will take questions from the's media. let's start with administrator jim bridenstine. >> thank you. other historic night a want toto congratulate the nasa team and the space x team for an amazing job yet again. so the big milestone here is that we are now moving away from developmt and test and into operationallights and, in fact, this operational flight wa licensed by the faa. this is truly a commercial launch vehicle and we are grateful to our partners at spacex for providi and our partners at the faa for licensing it. i'm also grateful to our partners with japan. you should know that japan is an amazing partner for the united states of america. we are exceptionally grateful that japan wouldoi join us on crew-1 here so this is a great day foror the united states of american and a great date for japan, and we loo

administrator, steve dixon said, quote, even though we are near the finish line, i will lift the grounding order only after safety experts are satisfied that the aircraft meets certification standards. even after the f.a.a. approves these new changes to the $737.00, max airlines will still have to finish software updates and pilot trading a process which could take another month before the jet can fly again. southwest airlines, the largest $737.00 max operator, says quote, says it expects it will take several months to follow f.a.a. requirements and doesn't plan on scheduling the jet until at least q 2 of 2021. other regulators across the globe are expected to make similar decisions. soon. the 737 max has been grounded since march of 2019 after 2 fatal crashes killed 346 people. now it's an accusation we've heard in the past that lalo, we're hearing it again as the european union says e-commerce. amazon violated antitrust laws by using independent sellers data for its own benefit. we analyzed a data sample covering, covering over 80000000 transactions and more than 100000000 product listin

faa administrator steve dixon flew the plane last month. >> we'll make sure the process is completed.reporter: the ungrounding is unwelcome news for the 346 loved ones killed in the crashes. >> passengers should look to find a different plane than the boeing 737 max. >> reporter: michael lost his daughter on flight 302. >> there's not enough redundancy, modernization of systems to guard against yet a third crash. >> reporter: boeing says the plane is safe, will be able to resume deliveries. the max believed to account for one-third of boeing's revenue over the next five years. its grounding has cost the company an estimated $20 billion. how do you feel about getting behind the controls of the airplane once it goes back in service? >> i'm looking forward to flying the max. >> reporter: 737 captain laura einsetler. >> i am looking forward to flying the max. >> reporter: this captain. >> you see experienced pilots coming on board with confidence in our training and mastery, you can know that it is safe. >> reporter: boeing yet to comment on news. american airlines says it in tends to res

let's bring in faa administrator steve dixon joining us from faa headquarters in washington administratorfor joining us this morning. people are hearing this news and they knew tvs coming a lot of people in the flying public are going to listen to this and go, no, i don't trust it why should they believe this plane is safe? >> well, good morning, phil. it's a pleasure to be with you this morning, and i'm very proud of the work that the faa team has done on this airplane. i'm 100% confident it's the most scrutinized airport in history i've rescinded the grounding order that was put in place in march of last year we've got -- this is not the end of this safety journey there's a lot of work that the airlines and the faa and boeing will have to do in the coming weeks and months, but we are entering a new phase with respect to the 737 max >> you flew the max on a test flight i think it was a month, month and a half ago you said you liked how it felt i've talked with a number of pilots and they have said, look, i want to see those procedures that are being modified for people flying the 737 max

steve dixon is the administrator, he's here right now. he's been with us through the week.eat collaboration between the two agencies. >> so help the public understand what this means. i think generally speaking, we all understand that we get aboard a commercial aircraft, it's that carrier is faa licensed. so now we are licensing space flight. launches, commercial ones with people on board. what does the public take away from that? >> you think about it, we have the most complex airspace in the world over the united states. and now we are going to expand it even more in to space. and so we are really integrating both our air no aeronautics, our aircraft that we fly and even joy every day with space operations. we'll have both of those things happening at the same time with human space flight. and that's what we are doing here today at the kennedy space center. >> that's impressive. when you mentioned the airspace, in flight. right? very crowded place, space just in getting started and as you mentioned, growing where do you see this, when you just gotta dream a bit. where do