Originally Posted by
Chris Knight
Good info. I heard from a Boeing employee that AS has deferred the first four MAX orders for an unknown reason. Delivery a/c #5 will be the first MAX 8, due sometime in 2018. Hopefully that info is incorrect. If true, I suspect it may be because the MAX 8 sim will not be available in time to meet the original delivery date. Just a guess.
Days old info from company showed first Max in November 2017.
We're not getting a MAX sim, at least in the near future.