An interesting if slightly biased overview of the issues.
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this is too important to be left to the engineering nerds?‘ I Disagree.
The technicalities identified so far cannot be overcome by political will, financial management, etc. They are real-world aviation safety problems which relate to agreed and published standards - Federal Register, ICAO.
In addition, they have to be considered globally, not just something in the US interest, but that US interest now depends on multinational consensus.
A further difficulty is that some technical issues hinge on judgement - the human contribution in detecting and managing abnormal conditions. This is not a national judgement, but that of a range of authorities and particularly cultures - safety culture.
Whereas historically Boeing was the dominant culture in aviation, this is no longer true.
Is the article a lament, attempting to restore what once was, or the realisation that the aviation industry has changed and requires national activity to restore confidence an profitability.
Maybe, but you cannot buy safety (or even tweet it), it’s an activity, that which is done; for that you require domain expertise, but if this is overlooked then … …
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7425e8yykg...20%2B.pdf?dl=0
Dominant Culture 2003