Originally Posted by +TSRA
Only because accidents attributed, in part, to poor handling had the FAA move to impose regulation. Had those accidents not happened or had the public reaction been different, the FAA would not have done anything.
Had those accidents
not happened, why would the FAA, or any regulatory authority for that matter, move to impose any regulation? …and what do you mean about the public reaction being different? Are you saying that had those accidents occurred and the public reaction was one of indifference, the FAA would have done nothing? Really? What purpose does a regulatory authority serve and on what basis does this authority exercise any regulatory change?