Dont go to hard on bubbers guys, he is one of those that devotes his life to everything Boeing, stars and stripes etc! A bit like all British who use 'us' and 'we' when talking about Man United......there aint much British about those either!
On a serious note i think the FAA had little option, fail to step in and a unit goes down over the pond......they would have had a lot of answering. I am quite interested that Boeing didnt step in first.