FAA administrator to tell U.S. airlines MAX approval could come before mid-year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson is calling senior U.S. airline officials Friday to tell them that the agency could approve the grounded Boeing 737 MAX's return to service before mid-year, a government official said Friday.Dickson's calls come days after Boeing said it was pushing back its time-line for approval of the plane's return and "currently estimating that the ungrounding of the 737 MAX will begin during mid-2020."The agency confirmed in a statement..