Originally Posted by
Australopithecus
Probably not. The issues with the aircraft seem well understood. There are much larger issues of regulator capture, inappropriate delegation of certification responsibility and the ongoing legislative gelding of the FAA to deal with. I think that the former trusting relationship the FAA had with the other regulators has evaporated and that presents the higher hurdle to the MAX, or indeed any new American aircraft.
Just like elections, capitalist dogma has consequences. The FAA, the FDA and the other oversight agencies are all tainted now, and any approval from them now will be subject to verification.
Thanks - the reason I asked about the Regulators (US, and perhaps more so of Europe and worldwide) may wait for the ET crash report was the idea that they may highlight that pilot training/re-training/SIM review to be a 'must have' on any RTS certification synopsis.