Other reporting has called MCAS the product of a systemic failure, and asserts underfunding of the FAA to be among the ultimate causes. Underfunding being "wor

Other reporting has called MCAS the product of a systemic failure, and asserts underfunding of the FAA to be among the ultimate causes. Underfunding being "worked-around" by delegating the work to Boeing: >(ARs)—Boeing employees who are granted special permission to represent the interests of the FAA and to act on the agency’s behalf in validating aircraft systems and designs’ compliance with FAA requirements Others have pointed out that the conflict of interest inherent in this must pervade AR's daily work environment, and indeed the report pays brief lip service to the contradiction: >4) Conflicted Representation. The Committee has found that the FAA’s current oversight structure with respect to Boeing creates inherent conflicts of interest ... So why do it that way, and why do my searches of the investigation's PDF for "funding", "budget", and "staffing" come up empty? Consider, then, that responsibility for setting the operating budget of the FAA belongs to the House -- the very same running this investigation. https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/mission/budget/304496/faa-fy2019cj-budgetfinal508compliant.pdf https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/miss...