Originally Posted by
retired guy
In respect of ungrounding the airplane Boeing remains in the hands of the FAA just as it also does internationally with other global regulators that have followed suit in grounding the airplane.
But that isn't right is it? It was the FAA who "followed suit" in grounding the airplane, after CAAC and EASA and others did so, and after FAA had just said that "Thus far, our review shows no systemic performance issues and provides no basis to order grounding the aircraft".
One might suppose that since the FAA was reluctant to follow the other regulators in grounding the aircraft, the others may also be slower in allowing it to fly again.