Originally Posted by
WideScreen
The core problem is, that the FAA does have two missions: Aviation promotion (which is largely contrary to maximizing safety) and Regulatory instance (which should not bother with all kinds of short-term promo/economic advantages). So, yeah, conflicting, I am not the only one raising this. It's a long-standing item in the US aviation world.
No, it doesn't. While promoting aviation was once part of the FAA charter, that was removed decades ago due to the rather obvious conflict of interest.