Originally Posted by
WHBM
BBC reporting today that EASA will not accept FAA certification and will do own tests
"Patrick Ky, Easa's chief executive, revealed a list of four conditions given to the US authorities in a presentation to the European Parliament's committee on transport and tourism on Monday".
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060802/
I can't see the aircraft returning in the US while Europe will not certify it. The insurers would never accept that, and unlikely the US pilot unions would either.
Quite interesting development. I'd expected the Chinese to be the most recalcitrant regulators, rather than the Europeans.
That said, there is surely some sense of betrayal behind this, the Europeans feel deceived by the inadequate FAA supervision of the MAX.
Agree fully with WHBM, this story has a long ways to go.