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I presume FAA is an US-only entity. How does this affect planes operated in Europe? Ryanair's fleet mainly consists of 737's like 8200, Max 10 and Next Gen. Are

• verandaguy 2y ago
  Europe’s counterpart to the FAA, EASA, may or may not respond by mandating these checks as well (they likely will). Beyond that, airlines may voluntarily carry out these checks.
• 9659 2y ago
  The manufacturer recommends it, the airlines will do it. When you buy an airplane, it is a 30 year relationship. The airlines listen.
• sofixa 2y ago
  Air regulators usually coordinate, and trust each other with regards to their respective planes (e.g. if EASA says something needs to happen because they oversee Airbus, FAA will just repeat that; if EASA certify a new Airbus jet, FAA trusts that). That trust was severely damaged when the FAA showed themselves to be incompetently incapable of controlling Boeing, and incapable of realising that by refusing to ground the planes after the crashes. This resulted in 300+ hundred deaths. Since then EASA and the Civil Aviation Administration of China have stopped blindly trusting the FAA, and have their own extra checks and processes applied. As an example, the EASA was involved in 737 Max recertification (unprecedented), and is involved in the 777X certification. CAAC also didn't recertify the 737 Maxes until months after the FAA did. It will take the FAA and American aerospace decades to build back any semblance of trust.