Originally Posted by
Bend alot
At a guess a few contributors on PPRuNe may have been "contacted" for interviews, several very knowledgeable and sometimes vocal persons are currently absent on this topic now.
Now it is up to Boeing to see who willing pick up the damaged can - last week did not turn out well!
Not quite on-topic but:
In Australia, quite a few years ago, there were only two major political parties - Labor (a somewhat Australian version of the Democrats) and the Liberals (akin to the Republicans (USA) or Tories (UK). What was needed at the time, and subsequently occurred, was for another party to be formed. This new third party's mantra was "to keep the bastards honest".
Over time, it worked. (Ultimately self-vested interests caused its destruction through implosion).
Now, fast-forward to Boeing's (and FAA's) MCAS (and self-certification) debacle - who is going to "keep the bastards honest"? Perhaps the US Senate or Congress Transportation Committee; or EASA and other *AA's with B737-MAX on, or about to be on their registers, or flying in, out or over their airspace.
I doubt it is a good time to be holding Boeing shares.