I lived through the transition from FAA to delegated authority (morphing from a DER to an Authorized Representative - AR - in the process - all of which predated McNearney by a few years). It wasn't Boeing's idea -
TD...very good posts on the scenario, thx...
I remember the transition as well, from the avionics perspective..those departments, like AFS 440/460, within the FAA did NOT want to loose any control, and with delegated authority, it made it very, very difficult to get anything done....airspace and procedure design still are far behind as a result.
I moved on to work only outside of the US as a result.