Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
OldnGrounded: But here, DOJ would hold back disclosed docs from FAA, as FAA is trying to understand what happened, what it will take to return to certificated airworthiness, and whether those actions have been completed? I can't buy into that.
Well, we can't know with certainty, but it appears, at the moment, that (1) Boeing provided the documents to DOJ some time ago and (2) the FAA just learned about them when Boeing belatedly forwarded them to that agency.
I agree with you that it's almost incomprehensible that such a thing could happen, but that's what it looks like, for now.