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According to this: * http://aviationweek.com/awin/c919-may-be-largely-limited-chinese-market http://aviationweek.com/awin/c919-may-be-largely-limited-chi... .

According to this: * http://aviationweek.com/awin/c919-may-be-largely-limited-chinese-market http://aviationweek.com/awin/c919-may-be-largely-limited-chi... ... that is a bit misleading. The C919 is not pursuing FAA certification directly. Instead an attempt is being made to have the Chinese certification be recognized by the FAA. The article points out that in 2013 that process was not going well. Also from the article: >There is no suggestion the CAAC would be soft on Comac; on the contrary, it is repeatedly reported that the Chinese authority is tougher than the FAA. So chances are that there are no serious gotchas here and that this will all come down to paperwork.

dclowd9901 11y ago
> Instead an attempt is being made to have the Chinese certification be recognized by the FAA. That has about as much chance of happening as a Chinese plane has of getting FAA certification. Politics are wound up as tightly in this as a tapeworm.
drzaiusapelord 11y ago
> it is repeatedly reported that the Chinese authority is tougher than the FAA. Except their government and regulatory structures are much, much more corrupt than their Western counterparts. Sure, they'll produce a document that'll say its safe but whats in the air is a totally different story. The same way lead-free products from China are full of lead. Everyone I know who resells from alibaba does lead testing on their own for every bulk shipment to avoid this. The problem is that bad. Then you have poison in baby formula, USB chargers that catch fire, and the slew of other concerning things that come out of China regularly. So yeah, maybe the FAA should be a little skeptical of a certification from a corrupt one-party state eager to make its mark on the world as being competitive with the West and taking every shortcut to get there.

dclowd9901 11y ago

> Instead an attempt is being made to have the Chinese certification be recognized by the FAA. That has about as much chance of happening as a Chinese plane has of getting FAA certification. Politics are wound up as tightly in this as a tapeworm.

drzaiusapelord 11y ago

> it is repeatedly reported that the Chinese authority is tougher than the FAA. Except their government and regulatory structures are much, much more corrupt than their Western counterparts. Sure, they'll produce a document that'll say its safe but whats in the air is a totally different story. The same way lead-free products from China are full of lead. Everyone I know who resells from alibaba does lead testing on their own for every bulk shipment to avoid this. The problem is that bad. Then you have poison in baby formula, USB chargers that catch fire, and the slew of other concerning things that come out of China regularly. So yeah, maybe the FAA should be a little skeptical of a certification from a corrupt one-party state eager to make its mark on the world as being competitive with the West and taking every shortcut to get there.