While Boing clearly failed to adequately assess the implications of the MCAS system and likely allowed commercial pressures to override airworthiness rigour,, I am starting to feel that EASA is politicizing the return to service question. Where does legitimate concern cross over to Airbus protectionism .?
Maybe before EASA leadership make statements like “EASA” would not have allowed Boing to self certify MCAS they should review the EC225 crash report. It is s pretty devastating indictment of regulatory failure, especially a failure to learn the lessons of one fatal crash and only after the second fatal crash from the same cause, was the aircraft grounded.......that sounds depressingly familiar.......
post 1916 on the EC225 thread in the Helicopter forum offers a summary of some of the issues.