One peculiar thing about frameworks within which state agencies operate, unless they are pure authoritarian vehicles to “make it so” for pretty much anything a

One peculiar thing about frameworks within which state agencies operate, unless they are pure authoritarian vehicles to “make it so” for pretty much anything a power figure asks, is that they have a ruleset within which they operate. They can do no less, but they can also do no more, even if the spirit of the issue calls for it. So you can make them do more by initiating a legislative process, complete with campaigning and lobbying, which is quite expensive and time-sucking for your average Joe Concerned Frequent Flyer Kowalski. On the other hand, your friendly neighborhood Seattle company that makes planes can do just the same, except that they can afford to retain lobbyists, their board members are well connected, their C-suite play golf and have dinners with the right people. And they have power to push rules such that will make FAA’s reach effectively toothless, and do it quickly if need be. That of course assuming that corruption in the FAA itself does not exist and that they indeed are doing what they can.