MAX’s Return Delayed by FAA Reevaluation of 737 Safety Procedures

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Penny Wise Pound Foolish

By way of comparison with costs discussed above, FAA’s Final Rule “Establishment of Organization Designation Authorization Program” - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...f/05-20470.pdf - predicted ODA would save over $12m
“There were 10 industry comments that supported the proposed rule as being cost beneficial and one industry comment opposing it. As noted earlier, under certain assumptions described in Section III.C of the Regulatory Evaluation, the present value of the annual reduction in the opportunity costs from the ODA program could be $24.9 million, which is greater than the present value of the compliance costs of $12.3 million.”
Given that the twin certification debacles of B787 lithium batteries and B737 MCAS are attributable at least in part to ODA, FAA’s costing was wrong!
Much else written in the Final Rule is just as questionable.