Reactive NOT Proactive
" The FAA is nothing but a REACTIONARY organization not a proactive organization (sorry FAA guys but I think most of you there would agree)."
They are subject to political pressure in the same way the old USSR operated. The wait until the accident happens. This issue can be solved but the FAA are very timid.. WUSSES.. with mandates that cost the industry MONEY.
Just look at the 737NG scandal uncovered with the structural faults that went out the door at the factory.
Then we have the saga of the MD-11 instability.
FGS you would think they had the ability to progress this issue with ease.