Originally Posted by
Dave Therhino
The concern is about entering service after a long storage period and the sheer number of airplanes they will want to ticket in a short period.
But the whole point of delegating such functions is that the FAA (and other authorities, this isn't just an FAA issue) do not have the manpower to do all these tasks under
normal circumstances. I frankly don't see an (presumably small) group of (likely) overworked FAA employees doing a task they are less familiar with (due to it having been the OEM's responsibility of late) doing any better job the the Boeing guys.
That there are a lot of aircraft to deal with after a long period of storage doesn't make the case that the FAA needs to do this.