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This is excellent news. The FAA has lots its credibility by rubber-stamping whatever Boeing said in recent years. This will both mean an independent review (and
by jwr 7y ago
This is excellent news. The FAA has lots its credibility by rubber-stamping whatever Boeing said in recent years. This will both mean an independent review (and re-certification of what is a effectively different airplane) and additional pressure on the FAA to actually do its job.
- AmVess 7y agoNot recent years. Decades. FAA has been under regulatory capture by Boeing for decades. The world ignoring anything the FAA has to say about anything is a stance that's long overdue.
- icebraining 7y agoSo the safest mode of travel is the one without real regulation for decades?
- jquery 7y agoI really think HNers in this thread are overselling the so-called "lack of regulation" that airlines and jet makers operate under. My father worked in the industry for decades, it is highly regulated to the extent few industries are more regulated (medicine, perhaps?)
- vinay427 7y ago> FAA has been under regulatory capture by Boeing for decades. > The world ignoring anything the FAA has to say about anything is a stance that's long overdue. I don't see how the second part follows from the first. Can you elaborate on how regulatory capture by Boeing affects FAA regulations on everything they do?
- michaelt 7y agoIf, due to regulatory capture, the FAA has been wrongly approving Boeing designs, the rest of the world is wise not to blindly accept FAA approval. Of course, outside of the specific domain of approving Boeing designs, if the FAA says something isn't safe, or produces a report on a crash or suchlike, the world may want to pay heed.
- somesortofsystm 7y agoTotally. For me, its like this - where: >regulatory capture .. exists for "Entity: X", then >The world ignoring anything the "X" has to say about anything is a stance that's long overdue. .. is true. We need to fight for our democracy, and capture/usurp is one way it is corrupted, time and again. Alas, behind great deals of ignorance, one can hide a lot of intent.