Originally Posted by
tdracer
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.
That's an interesting item, since this presumed conflict of interest seems to be floating around widely, and I read about it in the original MAX/FAA derailed thread. And I might (by far) not be the only one with a wrong impression. An impression that gets supported by the way the FAA did neglect its safety duties with the MAX and continues to attract critics around its operations in this area.
Do you have more information around this subject ? Did the promotion part just “watered down”, or got the whole subject “split off” from the FAA 1.0 ?
Looking at the FAA website, it still shows a lot of major subjects that are a very broad interpretation of the presumed “regulatory” FAA target. What have the organization and nationwide running of the ATC, and the commercial space adventures (“Promote” according to the FAA website) to do with regulatory duties ? Running the ATC and being the regulator for this business does look like the butcher certifying its own meat, or Boeing certifying its own aircraft.