IO,
While ATR, Airbus, DHC, EMB, BAe, SAAB etc are not manufactured in the USA, they fly around when US registered meeting US FAA certification and hold US certification to the US FARs.
The US FARs are not exactly the same as the JAR, DGAC, LBA, TC etc design rules, so to say loads that were allegedly exceeded in one state does not imply that they are exceeded under another certification basis.
Please remember that the A300 of AA587 was certified to US FARs, and held a US type certificate.
An important legal point, manufacturers manufacture aircraft, governments certify aircraft safe for public use, and issues the manufacturer with a certificate stating that aircraft type meets the government set design standards.
Likewise it has been mooted as "cost of doing business" in the media when a large US manufacturer has directed not to touch, replace, inspect some wiring as any disruption to the wiring may cause the insulation to come off.
This is where I see wsherif1 coming from, the government one hand has a charter to promote business, regulate business, and investigate business. At some point there will be a conflict, or a mistake made by government, government rarely admits fault, so who do the victims turn to ?
