Originally Posted by
BoeingDriver99
Point blank refusing to fly an airliner certified by a different countries regulatory authority without any evidence of malpractice/increased risk seems a lot like xenophobia to me.
As noted, I have first hand experience with how the CAA works, and the way their aerospace industry works. Inspections signed off that were obviously never performed, forged paperwork and corruption. Literally having to have a Boeing rep present when a maintenance task was performed to make sure they actually did it. As for the CAA vs. the FAA - I saw the exact same weaknesses and flaws in the CAA that I saw with the FAA - only worse. Total inability to see the big picture - focusing on the tree instead of the forest.
As for the A320 series assembled in China - you can bet there are Airbus people doing the final inspections and QA.