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Trump attempted to nominate his personal pilot to run FAA. When it did not go trough, FAA was run by acting director until this July. Trump government seems to
by Nokinside 7y ago
Trump attempted to nominate his personal pilot to run FAA. When it did not go trough, FAA was run by acting director until this July.
Trump government seems to sell influence in government organizations to companies they are supposed to oversee, so I don't know if Stephen Dickson is step for better or worse.
- nolok 7y agoWhen the FAA asked for a software fix after they decided there was an issue after the first crash they came to an agreement with Boeing for a January deadline. Boeing didn’t deliver, the FAA didn’t do anything. In March the second crash happened. This alone is horrible to think about.
- presidentscroob 7y agoThis is what regulatory capture looks like, and Ralph Nader's goddaughter paid with her life for the cozy relationship between the FAA and Boeing. That's what Boeing's corrupting political money bought: death and failure.
- raverbashing 7y agoOr the fact that Boeing determined that the lack of a functioning AOA Disagree (by mistake, it was only operational for customers that have the AOA indicator) did not constitute a safety issue.