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> In 2017, he complained to the US regulator, the FAA, that no action had been taken to address the problem. The FAA, however, said it could not substantiate th
by rosybox 7y ago
> In 2017, he complained to the US regulator, the FAA, that no action had been taken to address the problem. The FAA, however, said it could not substantiate that claim, because Boeing had indicated it was working on the issue at the time.
This is sounds very similar to what has been written in the past, that the FAA simply defers to Boeing on issues of safety. FAA had a lot more credibility back in 2017 than it does today. I hope the matter is investigated, because the FAA dropped the ball with the max and it and Boeing just don't have the credibility anymore to simply defer to Boeing's expertise.
- mtgx 7y agoWhat's the point of even having a particular regulatory agency if they just let the entities they're supposed to regulate to "self-regulate"?
- colechristensen 7y agoThis would be a fine response from the FAA depending on what is actually going on behind the scenes. It is not like some guy in the FAA calls some guy at Boeing and gets "we're working on it" literally and that's all there is. The would be a process, there would be reports, there would be plans. It would never be a matter of simple deferring. It would be something in that process of following up with a problem report that is missing.