Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
... The FAA doesn't trust Boeing, for the very good reason that the fallout from the MAX debacle has caused much of the world to lose trust in the FAA (see the news articles, ...
AFAIR There were paper trail issues reported for 787 production ( Charleston only?) recently.
I don't think FAA overriding Boeing for MAX delivery "wrap up" is solely public image "looking tough" based.