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Quote: "I covered airline safety and the FAA for four years, and I cannot remember a time when the FAA was so alone among world regulators on a serious safety i

Quote: "I covered airline safety and the FAA for four years, and I cannot remember a time when the FAA was so alone among world regulators on a serious safety issue. " Neither viewpoint is supported here. The anomaly is that there is a disagreement between the FAA and the other aviation authorities, but no evidence has yet surfaced that would vindicate either party.

mzs 8y ago
at least quote it all please, "When a major accident like this happened, global aviation authorities conferred with the FAA -- which took the lead."
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  Maybe this is a reflection of the recent loss of respect the U.S. has been facing in the last couple years. Other countries are feeling less inclined to defer to our judgement.
- helaoban 8y ago
  Because that part of the quote it not only pointless, it's nonsensical. The FAA DID take the lead by immediately issuing a notice in support of the airworthiness of the plane. Other aviation authorities then decided to contravene the FAA and ground the planes in their own airspace. There is an irrational assumption that has been injected into this argument, which is that all of a sudden the FAA's judgment should be subject to abnormal scrutiny (at a time when there hasn't been a single fatal accident on a commercial US airliner in 10 years), and the judgments of other civil aviation authorities should all of a sudden be held in higher regard.
  - anigbrowl 8y ago
    immediately issuing a notice in support of the airworthiness of the plane But the FAA has no idea right now what caused the crash. So this notice is nothing more than reminding everyone that it was previously determined to be OK. Nobody thought the 737-8s were flying around without an airworthiness certificate, so no new information is on the table. If you run up to me and say 'Bad Thing just happened, what do' and I respond by saying 'I have previously determined that Bad Things are very unlikely' would you say I am being responsive to the problem?
lisper 8y ago
> no evidence has yet surfaced that would vindicate either party. Except for two brand new aircraft crashing within five months of each other with all souls lost. But you're right, other than that, there's nothing.

mzs 8y ago

at least quote it all please, "When a major accident like this happened, global aviation authorities conferred with the FAA -- which took the lead."

rootusrootus 8y ago
Maybe this is a reflection of the recent loss of respect the U.S. has been facing in the last couple years. Other countries are feeling less inclined to defer to our judgement.
helaoban 8y ago
Because that part of the quote it not only pointless, it's nonsensical. The FAA DID take the lead by immediately issuing a notice in support of the airworthiness of the plane. Other aviation authorities then decided to contravene the FAA and ground the planes in their own airspace. There is an irrational assumption that has been injected into this argument, which is that all of a sudden the FAA's judgment should be subject to abnormal scrutiny (at a time when there hasn't been a single fatal accident on a commercial US airliner in 10 years), and the judgments of other civil aviation authorities should all of a sudden be held in higher regard.
- anigbrowl 8y ago
  immediately issuing a notice in support of the airworthiness of the plane But the FAA has no idea right now what caused the crash. So this notice is nothing more than reminding everyone that it was previously determined to be OK. Nobody thought the 737-8s were flying around without an airworthiness certificate, so no new information is on the table. If you run up to me and say 'Bad Thing just happened, what do' and I respond by saying 'I have previously determined that Bad Things are very unlikely' would you say I am being responsive to the problem?

lisper 8y ago

> no evidence has yet surfaced that would vindicate either party. Except for two brand new aircraft crashing within five months of each other with all souls lost. But you're right, other than that, there's nothing.