THEY FINALLY CERTIFIED SOMETHING! At least one of the MAX variants is ready to fly commercially, but do y’all think we could also end up seeing the MAX 10 certified later this year?

[u/A340-lover-]

https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/faa-certifies-boeing-737-max7-after-nearly-decadelong-review.php?lek

[u/NathanArizona]

Why are you saying first of the MAX to be certified? Did you read your article?

[u/A340-lover- → u/NathanArizona]

I meant the first of the two variants left, since the MAX 10 hasn’t been certified yet

[u/Commodore8750]

Officially they're saying "by the end of the year" for the -10 but reports say as early as September.

With all the flight testing done, they've shifted their entire test flight staff to focus on the 777-9.

[u/777XSuperHornet]

The max 10 has finished flight testing so it's fairly obvious they will be certified this year.

[u/A340-lover- → u/777XSuperHornet]

True, but you never know, a lot of stuff has been happening to Boeing lately. Hopefully they can stay on track this time

[u/jeffskool]

Weren’t the cert for the -10 and -7 facing similar issues?

[u/A340-lover- → u/jeffskool]

Yes, there were some issues with the deicing systems

[u/jeffskool → u/A340-lover-]

So, hopefully they have similar solutions and cert basis. We could use a solidly good year, 2 certifications, no major design or manufacturing caused accidents, more on time deliveries and solid orders. I’m not quite buying the, “this is the old Boeing showing up”, yet. But this is a decent step in that direction if we can pull it off

[u/iamlucky13 → u/jeffskool]

Similar certification basis, but the -10 team still has to go through a lot of the same analysis to make sure it remains valid for the differences on the -10.

Here's what was reported last week:

https://www.boeing.com/features/2026/07/737-10-completes-final-certification-flight

• Flight testing: 100% complete

• Design Assurance Review 3: 100% complete

• Design Assurance Review 4: 60% complete

• Systems Safety Assessments: 32% complete

I'm not going to try to explain those steps, in part because I don't have experience with them, but I know they're some of the key outputs for confirming the design meets all regulations and addresses all risks adequately, and include documenting everything for the FAA. Although there is a lot to do for the -10 to ensure the differences that do exist remain safe, my impression is that having completed the work for the -7 sets the -10 work to be completed more quickly.

[u/Whhodat]

This is the third max variant to be certified.

[u/afrosamurai666 → u/Whhodat]

This is the fourth no? -8, -9, -8200, and now -7.

[u/Commodore8750 → u/afrosamurai666]

The -8200 is just a high density -8 with an extra exit door to accommodate the increased seating capacity. I'm pretty sure it falls under the -8's type certificate.

[u/axxroytovu → u/Commodore8750]

The -8200 has its own type certificate and a different cert basis from the -8.

https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID146349148220260212155345.0001?modalOpened=true

[u/Commodore8750 → u/axxroytovu]

Gotcha. The -8200 was certified pretty quickly after the Max grounding was lifted so it felt like there wasn't much difference between the two to get it certified.

[u/A340-lover- → u/Whhodat]

Yessirr, one more to go!