Originally Posted by
Doug Stark
I have to disagree here. It was an ex NASA astronaut, the Minister of Transport for Canada that called the FAA to tell them that his experts had reviewed the data from both Max 8 crashes and had recommended (and accepted) to the PM that the Max be grounded in Canada. At the time, Trump viewed the Chinese grounding (1st group to do so) as 'political' and anti American. It was the final straw when Transport Canada ordered the grounding.
Check the Washington Post article dated 2019/03/13/