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The other article today about Boeing trying to exempt themselves from safety regulations for the 737 MAX is pretty timely. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
by blindriver 3y ago
The other article today about Boeing trying to exempt themselves from safety regulations for the 737 MAX is pretty timely.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38882358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38882358
- Schiendelman 3y agoUnfortunately, it’s kind of overblown. That particular exemption already exists for the 8 and 9, they just haven’t granted it specifically for the 7 yet. It’s not clear that there’s any issue there.
- charles_f 3y agoIt might be related to the crash of two MAX-8 (albeit not American ones), after the same exemption was given to it. It would be understandable that the FAA would be more cautious.
- fieldcny 3y agoNice summary of the comments from that post, unfortunately zero people there actually know what differences or mitigations are in place for the 8 & 9 that aren’t relevant for the 7 & 10. Given Boeings absolutely atrocious safety record with the Max, I’m not similarly inclined to believe a bunch of speculation about regulators being dumb
- wavemode 3y agoThis is true, though one could argue the exemption shouldn't have been granted to 8 and 9 in the first place.