Keesje is so right. Why did JATR have so little impact? Media coverage was dire enough eg
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/11/76960...f-737-max-jets
Icarus, please read JATR then you’ll know
what the world's regulators are thinking.
JATR
has 51 pages of highly technical observations, findings and recommendations. All are issues that should have been resolved before the MAX was certificated; not after 346 died.
Long ago such issues would have been resolved as each regulator did its independent validation of MAX certification
FAA certification only applies in the US. Until the 1980s many countries had their own airworthiness requirements similar to, but slightly more stringent than FAA’s. So when Ansett and Australian Airlines ordered their first 737s in 1986 the Australian Authority had to validate FAA’s certification at Boeing. I led the team.
Other foreign authorities did the same. To engineers it was worthwhile redundancy; fundamental to safety. Corner cutters saw needless duplication. Australia was first to give up validation and rubber stamp Boeing/FAA Corp certification, however dubious. And now the US tries to ban all foreign validations as a restraint on trade.
MAX
will not return to service until JATR concerns are resolved. It could take months, if not years.