Boeing, and FAA oversight

[MechEngr]

Originally Posted by Rarife

Does anyone know what is this about? What sensors does HGS uses? I always though it just shows you known information.
Press Release – FAA Proposes $19.68 Million Civil Penalty Against The Boeing Co.

It looks like BA installed a useful and fit-for-purpose, but not yet approved, Heads up guidance system that has since been approved for use in their aircraft. Cart before horse, apparently. I wonder what an investigation into the sales by Rockwell Collins of the devices might turn up. It's on BA to keep up with this, but certainly R-C would be cognizant of blow-back if a crash occurred due to some failure among nearly 800 installed not-yet-approved units.

The Rockwell Collins brochures make them seem like really nice additions, but I suppose the value is in what the pilot learns to do with them.