Originally Posted by
PANews
Bell appear to be saying that the FAA have now increased scrutiny on self certification And [apparently] finding grounds for criticism in the Bell system.
Which begs the question..... are there Max type technical errors in the product line?
Kill 250 at a time in a jetliner and there is rightly a furore but the deaths of a few here and there cause less concern [until something large and Airbus drops into the North Sea]
The regime of self certification may be behind the unchecked ‘errors of judgement’ that led to the creation of the 427 that did not meet JAR requirements [fuel Tanks in the cabin]. Unlike the MD900 that had similar non-compliance issues the answer was not modification, they had to go the whole way with a new 429.
I doubt Bell is cheating in this certification effort.
Boeing WAS cheating with the MAX certification. The professional approach should have been an entire new type certificate for the MAX, not an add on to the original 737 type. The professional approach would have cost too much money and Boeing would have lost ground to Airbus. They are really going to lose ground now.
Best of luck to Bell.