Originally Posted by
ProPax
Why would FAA (which btw is led by a former military pilot, is it not?) resisted the groundings? In the past they were always on the side of caution. Two planes down in 5 months, the public is very concerned, yet they don't act. I don't want to speculate about the obvious suspicion of corruption but what could any other reasons be?
The same reason that the FAA did NOT follow the NTSB's recommendation to put wingtip cameras on all wide body aircraft to help prevent ground collisions.
The same reason that the FAA did NOT require all US aircraft to auto-report to satellites after the AF447 crash.
The same reason that the FAA did not do LOTS of safety related changes.
The shareholders didn't want their profits reduced.