The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published an official notice in the Federal Register detailing its implementation plan for required safety enhancements on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, including the proposed 737 MAX 10 flight crew alerting system.

Under Section 501 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the FAA is prohibited from issuing new or amended airworthiness certificates for transport category aircraft unless specific safety improvements are incorporated into the design. These requirements, now codified in 49 U.S.C. § 44744, were introduced as part of broader aviation safety reforms following the 2018 and 2019 737 MAX accidents.

Key elements of the FAA implementation plan

According to the FAA notice:

1. The agency will evaluate and, as appropriate, certify Boeing’s proposed safety enhancements as part of the 737 MAX 10 type design, including an enhanced flight crew alerting system featuring a synthetic angle-of-attack capability and provisions to manage stall warning and overspeed alerts.
2. The FAA will subsequently assess design changes required to extend these safety enhancements across the broader 737 MAX fleet.
3. Regulatory oversight will include monitoring Boeing’s development and publication of related service information.
4. The FAA will also track operator compliance to ensure that in-service U.S.-registered MAX aircraft are retrofitted in accordance with future regulatory deadlines.

Industry context

Industry sources indicate that the FAA has initiated a detailed technical review of Boeing’s updated flight crew alerting architecture as part of the ongoing certification process for the 737 MAX 10. These efforts reflect a broader regulatory focus on improving cockpit alerting logic and system redundancy to reduce pilot workload and mitigate misleading alerts.

The certification timeline for the 737 MAX 10 remains closely linked to the successful validation of these safety enhancements, which are expected to become mandatory across all variants of the MAX family.

AeroMorning     January 19, 2026

Source  : FAA outlines implementation plan for flight crew alerting upgrades on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2025 (Document No. 2025-22787):
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/html/2025-22787.htm