To: greciangod
Why did the FAA send the letters to Boeing?
The Large aircraft certification office is based in Seattle. Over the years friendships are developed and as a result the FAA released the letters to their Boeing friends who immediately circulated the letters throughout the various departments.
The reason I asked the FAA not to release my name was to maintain my ability to work on various Airbus related programs in Europe and the UK. Later in the States I worked on the cargo handling systems for the A-340 and the A-380. The German firm that I worked at on the A-310 program looks on me as being a saboteur and as a result all employees and contractors had to sign a secrecy form stating that they would not reveal any technical information to outside individuals or firms.
I found out about it when I was at Boeing making a technical presentation. When introduced to one of the participants in the presentation he said, “Oh, you’re the guy that sent the letters to the FAA about the Airbus problems”.
