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It was reported a day or two ago that Trump had a phone call with the CEO of Boeing, with the result being continued operation. Then, Trump makes the announceme
by pbourke 8y ago
It was reported a day or two ago that Trump had a phone call with the CEO of Boeing, with the result being continued operation. Then, Trump makes the announcement today about the grounding, seemingly to try to take some credit for it.
It’s insane. There must be some despondent folks at the FAA right now. Years of trust squandered.
- chx 8y ago> There must be some despondent folks at the FAA right now. Years of trust squandered. Can you imagine the real workers, now some idiot Trump named to be deputy director and currently is the acting FAA director wiped out so much of their work... oh dear. Even if they had been 100% sure the plane is sound, just to keep the larger status quo they should've acted in accordance with the EASA.
- rad_gruchalski 8y agoIs it possible the US have grounded them because Canada banned them in their airspace?
- chx 8y agoIf the FAA didn't cave in immediately from the EASA issuing "do not operate the airplane" then it certainly wouldn't from Transport Canada. These two do not quite carry the same weight, you know? 150M passengers enplaned and deplaned in Canada in 2017 as per https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2310025301 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=231002... and https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Air_transport_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... says this number was 1043 million in the EU. According to https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/2017-traffic-data-us-airlines-and-foreign-airlines-us-flights https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/2017-traffic-data-us-airlines-a... even the USA is below that nunber with 965M.
- rad_gruchalski 8y agoThank you for a detailed answer.