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Old 16th Nov 2019, 21:20
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Originally Posted by CurtainTwitcher
I wonder if there is a larger power play here. If the FAA are not seen to put safety above pure commercial interest, other regulator will not feel bound by it's decisions to knock back a new type certification from say, a Chinese manufacturer without tit-for-tat retaliation. But that is just speculation, divining the tea leaves.
EASA has been working with Comac for a couple of years, already, on validating China's type certificate for the C919. Given that and the developments over the past year, I doubt that it would simply follow suit if the FAA rejected that aircraft, for example.

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