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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by isolli on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:50AM (#19520511)
Related question: how does regulatory approval of planes work, worldwide? I read a few times that the FAA had approved the new plane too quickly, but don't other regulators have their word?
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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by Svip on Friday March 29, 2019 @07:11AM (#19520599)
FAA have (or had) such a good record, that other regulators, like EASA, simply trusted a FAA certification. In the same way, FAA trusts an EASA certification for an Airbus plane.
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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by peeters on Friday March 29, 2019 @10:50AM (#19522164)
Bilateral certification agreements. Canada and U.S. have one as well (it goes both ways): https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/standards/int-baa-usa.... It's good in theory (cutting down on a giant amount of repeat work), as long as both certifying bodies maintain their standards and don't get politicized.
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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by SilasX on Friday March 29, 2019 @11:04AM (#19522305)
Well, they're working hard to change that, I guess...
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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by ricardobeat on Friday March 29, 2019 @07:21AM (#19520638)
Not only that, but apparently they also delegated most of the certification duties to Boeing itself.
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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by theelous3 on Friday March 29, 2019 @10:22PM (#19527217)
Buy toilet duck.
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