> Now the FAA has had the final updated software for something like a month and a half and just started certification testing. This smacks of some incompetence

> Now the FAA has had the final updated software for something like a month and a half and just started certification testing. This smacks of some incompetence on behalf of the FAA Up to the second accident FAA left much of the certification process up to Boeing(!) alone. No wonder that they discovered now that they need more time: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2019/12/11/faa-chief-says-boeings-737-max-wont-be-approved-in-2019/ https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2019/12/11/faa-... They also demonstrated to the whole world that they aren't serious about safety after the rest of the world grounded the planes but they still just repeated whatever Boeing told them. The current weakness of FAA is of Boeing's making: https://www.economist.com/business/2019/03/23/regulatory-capture-may-be-responsible-for-boeings-recent-problems https://www.economist.com/business/2019/03/23/regulatory-cap... "Since 2001 [Boeing] has lobbied vigorously to perform more of its own safety tests. In 2005 the FAA began to allow Boeing to do more self-certification. “It’s like putting children in charge of the sweet shop,” says a former Boeing adviser. An investigation by the transportation department in 2012 found that the FAA had not done enough to “hold Boeing accountable”. It quoted FAA employees who had reported retaliation for speaking up about problems with Boeing’s previous designs."