How Did the FAA Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly?

Re:How Did the FAA Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly? by vermontdevil on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:32AM (#19429828)

There’s no reasonable explanation. It also speaks to the lack of oversight and funding of FAA by Congress. Pathetic really.

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Re:How Did the FAA Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly? by Tepix on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:57AM (#19429965)

Same thing with the european car industry, sadly.

If you speak German, this piece in Süddeutsche Zeitung from 2015 is enlightening: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/zertifizierung-von-au...

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Re:How Did the FAA Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly? by huffmsa on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:42AM (#19429891)

> lack of oversight

From the article:

> It turns out that the F.A.A., with congressional approval, has “over the years delegated increasing authority to Boeing to take on more of the work of certifying the safety of its own airplanes,”

This ran through Congress. Not that any of them or the bureaucrats at the FAA will face penalty.

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Re:How Did the FAA Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly? by vermontdevil on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:20AM (#19430495)

Still lack of oversight - as in Congress approved it but did not follow up to see if it's working or sensible.

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