Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
And the backstory is, the FAA itself is getting some flak and oversight (IG investigation) for perhaps being too "chummy" with operators.
Some things never change. Shortly after the Decmeber 1, 1974, TWA 514 CFIT, TWA's POI was transferred. Rumor had it that he was too chummy with TWA's flight ops management.