Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
I have read that Boeing are lobbying the FAA to allow them to raise the height of the landing gear so they can put geared turbofans on the 737 frame and still keep the 1960s type certificate.
One has to wonder what the point of a type certificate is anymore when the regulator allows so many changes.
Boeing has taken this CPR business to an obscene level. The CPR should be simplified: no more than 25 years for an old cert basis. If that means a "new" type, meeting the latest safety requirements - all the better.