Originally Posted by
roulishollandais
@Hazelnuts39
I agree with your doubts.Who decided but Airbus themselves the special 1988 conditions replacing the regulators.
In 1988 Capt. Gordon Corps (of the Air Registration Board and its successor, the Design and Manufacturing Group of the Airworthiness Division of the Civil Aviation Authority) was in charge of that work. At that time he was still an independent consultant and not an Airbus employee.