Originally Posted by
tdracer
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Most of the specialists I had dealings with at the FAA were good, sharp, reasonable people. But not all. One of the FAA specialists quoted in the NYT article fell into that latter group.
I can bet who that was
The same guy that wanted 100% assurance that a reverser would never unlock in flight even with 3 locks and that no mathematical analysis of 1 in 20 for non containment could be substituted for meeting what the FAA wanted in a design. While the rest of us were dealing with the realization that even perfect sounding designs fully certified by the FAA were still failing and we damn well needed to upgrade the wordings in the AC or acceptable means of compliance.