Given that a material part of Boeing's solution was to provide iPad based training materials rather than the simulator time he believes was necessary, coupled w

Given that a material part of Boeing's solution was to provide iPad based training materials rather than the simulator time he believes was necessary, coupled with his language - "not even close to sufficient" - I'm comfortable with calling this a slam. The full remarks from which this quote is lifted are significantly critical of Boeing, during which he describes the "current system of aircraft certification and design" as having "failed us". I don't think this headline mistakes the the nature of his remarks at all.