Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
It's hard to see how this latest development isn't going to influence the decision on whether Boeing gets off the hook, certification-wise.
May be more interesting than that.... TBC management will be finally facing some music for the last 25 years of ambivalence. What TBC and the DOJ previously concocted was outrageous in the circumstance, and done on Trumps watch by his AG.
It doesn't preclude the 7 and 10, but it sure doesn't give TBC any leeway on further shoddy managerial decisions. It ain't over till the appeals are over, and the DOJ has to look at it's role in this. The fine funds should have all gone to the families, the govt also had unclean hands in the matter and should have not benefited from the disaster at the cost of the rights of the families.
The B737 is not a bad plane, it is just average. The failure to provide information was unconscionable and the basis of the stabilizer manual mode to meet the Part is flawed still. To rework the design to make it compliant with the intent of the rule would be a monumental undertaking, and proper training and awareness is a better solution.