Originally Posted by
Chas2019
Eventually Boeing will regain trust and will continue to sell commercial jets. That said the FAA must do its job and certify new jets independent of corporate interference. The performance by D.M. shows the arrogance of CEO when called out.
The FAA is currently unable, by statute, to do what most people would consider to be "its job" in this area. That is the result of lobbying by "industry" (primarily a single entity) to have the Congress require full delegation to ODAs by the FAA. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 includes, in Section 212 of that Act, several direct requirements and several other insidious requirements to fully delegate type certification to ODAs, even when past actions of an ODA have led to FAA retention of certain findings. Here's a link to that act. Section 212 is about 1/5 of the way down in the page. Read it. It's scary.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-...8%22%5D%7D&r=3
Unless the Congress changes the law, nothing in the type certification process will change for the better. I am concerned we are only beginning to see the negative effects of the transition to the ODA system.