Originally Posted by
safetypee
Q? Does the FAA have any rights enabling them to defy the Congressional ruling, e.g. a new or refreshed safety ruling for 737 Max .
Without FAA re-intervention to uphold the previous 737 Max 7/10 position, then their world-standing is further degraded, a puppet of political (manufacturing) will. Congress gives the FAA a mandate to administrate safety them constrains them.
The “Congressional ruling” to which you refer is U.S. law. The FAA’s rule-making (i.e., administrative) process does not supersede U.S. law. The FAA could challenge the law in court but a legal basis appears to be lacking. As to your assertion that the FAA is a “puppet of political will,” that’s just some of that messy democracy in action, a concept more and more foreign to the EU as time goes on.