FAA pushes back on Boeing exemption for 787 safety flaw

Re:FAA pushes back on Boeing exemption for 787 safety flaw by mannykannot on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:21PM (#17473247)

There is no evidence that this particular variance is being requested in order to improve safety elsewhere.

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Re:FAA pushes back on Boeing exemption for 787 safety flaw by ocdtrekkie on Friday July 06, 2018 @02:01PM (#17473649)

If they believe the 787 is, on whole, safer than the planes they're replacing, arguably the case could be made the variance is requested for the best safety for consumers.

Not that I'm qualified to answer whether or not that's the case here, but it's arguably something the FAA would need to consider.

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Re:FAA pushes back on Boeing exemption for 787 safety flaw by mark-r on Friday July 06, 2018 @03:00PM (#17474207)

They'd have a really hard time making that case given the proven track record of the existing fleet.

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