> The Max was certified under the old rules. There's no comfort in the fact that regulatory capture was working well even before these changes. One can also as

> The Max was certified under the old rules. There's no comfort in the fact that regulatory capture was working well even before these changes. One can also ask if the law was a factor in the inadequate response to the first crash. > Overseas regulators (certainly the EASA) will never just rubber stamp the FAA again. Until the US government starts a trade war over the issue. It will not be quite that blatant, of course: it will be positioned as an unfair trade practice. Ask Canada about Bombardier to find out how that goes.