FAA leap in to protect... whom?
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FAA leap in to protect... whom?
Yesterday the FAA published a Final Rule on 'Aircraft Assembly Placard Requirements', whereby from June 2005 all US-operated aircraft (and probably all aircraft flying to the US) will have to fit seat-back placards specifying the country of assembly of the aircraft.
For example USA
or FRANCE
or GERMANY
Now what safety-related passenger information function does that perform, I wonder?
http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/rulemaking/rinai24.htm
For example USA
or FRANCE
or GERMANY
Now what safety-related passenger information function does that perform, I wonder?
http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/rulemaking/rinai24.htm
Apparently it's because of an Act of Congress that states...
"The Secretary of Transportation shall require, beginning after the last day of the 18-month period following the date of enactment of this section, an air carrier using an aircraft to provide scheduled passenger air transportation to display a notice, on an information placard available to each passenger on the aircraft , that informs the passengers of the nation in which the aircraft was finally assembled."
Are Congress perhaps hoping for more Boeing orders as a consequence of irate passengers complaining when they discover that the aircraft they're flying on was "finally assembled" in France?
Will cabin crew be required during the safety briefing to draw the attention of passengers to the exit locations, floor level lighting and the nation of final assembly?
"The Secretary of Transportation shall require, beginning after the last day of the 18-month period following the date of enactment of this section, an air carrier using an aircraft to provide scheduled passenger air transportation to display a notice, on an information placard available to each passenger on the aircraft , that informs the passengers of the nation in which the aircraft was finally assembled."
Are Congress perhaps hoping for more Boeing orders as a consequence of irate passengers complaining when they discover that the aircraft they're flying on was "finally assembled" in France?
Will cabin crew be required during the safety briefing to draw the attention of passengers to the exit locations, floor level lighting and the nation of final assembly?
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well thank goodness its not an instruction without some flexibility .....
quote .......
"We will interpret our rule such that each airline can meet the new requirement by temporarily providing the requested information in the form of a sticker attached to each seat-pocket card. However, the required information must be added to the printed cards the next time the cards are printed for any reason."
but what happens when the stickers start disappearing??? .... they are sure to be a collectors item!
quote .......
"We will interpret our rule such that each airline can meet the new requirement by temporarily providing the requested information in the form of a sticker attached to each seat-pocket card. However, the required information must be added to the printed cards the next time the cards are printed for any reason."
but what happens when the stickers start disappearing??? .... they are sure to be a collectors item!
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The fact that they are resorting to these petty tactics is a sure sign of the panic they must be in.. :-)... do you think they can bankrupt Airbus by making them print so many thousands of stcikers for the high-volume A380??? LOL
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April Fool?
If not an April Fool's joke, this has to be a classic:
"The final rule will cost $522,000. Congress, which reflects the
will of the American people, has determined that this final rule is in
the best interest of the nation and therefore provides a benefit."
"The final rule will cost $522,000. Congress, which reflects the
will of the American people, has determined that this final rule is in
the best interest of the nation and therefore provides a benefit."
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Hard to imagine anything more stupid,you can imagine Huck and Bubba in the FAA saying "hey how can we get more people to buy Boeing" hey I"ve got a good idea.
Hilarious.
Hilarious.
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How long before this rule gets applied to jeans, sportswear and every other manufacturer? All the big US brands will be scrambling to sew-on that "last" button in the good ole'...
Whatever happened to simple "Made in..."?
Whatever happened to simple "Made in..."?
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This isn't the FAA,
this is a few protectionist congressmen atwork.
Oddly enough, its the democrats this time around in a nod to job protection for their core constituent (Union members)
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Wino
this is a few protectionist congressmen atwork.
Oddly enough, its the democrats this time around in a nod to job protection for their core constituent (Union members)
Cheers
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>>Whatever happened to simple "Made in..."?
Actually, the U.S. is more strict about labeling country of origin than most European countries. Go into a German hardware store and look at the tools. The locally produced stock will say "Made in Germany" or even "Made in West Germany". However, the "offshore" products will usually have no country of origin listed. In the U.S. the offshore tools' origin would be labeled (usually China or Taiwan these days).
Europeans have strict labeling requirements for some products, e.g. watches:
http://www.fhs.ch/english/eswissm.php
Actually, the U.S. is more strict about labeling country of origin than most European countries. Go into a German hardware store and look at the tools. The locally produced stock will say "Made in Germany" or even "Made in West Germany". However, the "offshore" products will usually have no country of origin listed. In the U.S. the offshore tools' origin would be labeled (usually China or Taiwan these days).
Europeans have strict labeling requirements for some products, e.g. watches:
http://www.fhs.ch/english/eswissm.php
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That has to be a classic.......what will they think of next! Does this mean that budgets for French departments in US high schools will be increased?!!!! What is the translation for "Frabriquer en Europe"?
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you can imagine Huck and Bubba in the FAA
I'm glad someone can imagine me in the FAA - I can't. I'd drive trucks first.
What's fun is that some Fords are assembled in Japan, while they're building Toyotas and Mercedes right up the road from here. Buy American? American what?
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So where the fun will start is the actual definition i.e. where yr nice new 7E7 is final 'assembled' in USA from complete subassemblies from everywhere except the USA making up 70% of the acft...then it isn't ' finally assembled' in USA is it...
I have some US t-shirts which state 'assembled in Honduras from parts made in USA'...
Boeing - assembled in USA from parts made in Korea, Romania and all other places you can get cheap non union labour
Double edged sword this one
I have some US t-shirts which state 'assembled in Honduras from parts made in USA'...
Boeing - assembled in USA from parts made in Korea, Romania and all other places you can get cheap non union labour
Double edged sword this one