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Hmmm.
The WSJ story will be locked behind the paywall for many here. So, here's the coverage from Market Screener:
01/16/2020 | 04:30pm ESTBy Andy Pasztor and Doug Cameron
A federal advisory panel evaluating the safety-approval process for Boeing Co.'s 737 MAX found regulators adhered to policies in certifying the plane, and concluded the plane wouldn't have been safer if it had received the scrutiny of an all-new aircraft.
Lee Moak, co-chair of the independent committee set up last year, declined to identify mistakes made during certification of the now-grounded jets, instead describing current procedures as "appropriate and effective."
Previous reports by outside experts have sharply criticized the Federal Aviation Administration's approval process, and the agency itself has acknowledged various errors.
Mr. Moak, former head of the largest North American pilots union, told reporters his panel concluded an overhaul of the process isn't warranted. The panel provided its initial report Thursday.
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This is so much out of step with every other report and analysis, to date, that much of the world is almost certain to see it as an attempted whitewash.