Sarcs, The 2008 senate report is worth a revisit.
http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/senat...ort/report.pdf
There is quite a bit dealing with Byron's direction and concerns about effective regulation and the idea of self regulation. Ben is onto this in his article. The interesting bit is that Continental comment stating it is the FAA's responsibility to ensure standards. You get the held impression nobody wants to be accountable.
FAA has a maybe worse problem than the 787 | Plane Talking
I'm pondering whether flying fiend is now nervously awaiting that fax machine firing up with an incoming Friday afternoon fax?