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Comment by criley2

>> A statement from ranking member Sam Graves of Missouri says, "if aviation and safety experts determine that areas in the FAA's processes for certifying aircraft and equipment can be improved, then Congress will act."

This statement alone is hilarious considering that the FAA approval is a poster-child example of regulatory capture.

Here's the secret: the FAA let's the companies SELF-REGULATE and SELF-APPROVE planes.

The FAA did NOT approve the Max, because Boeing did.

>>A total of 79 companies are allowed under federal policies to let engineers or other workers considered qualified report on safety to the FAA on systems deemed not to be the most critical rather than leaving all inspections to the government agency.

>>To critics, it's a regulatory blind spot.

Once you know how this works, that statement by bad-faith-actor Sam Graves is laid bare. Of course we know how to improve the processes: Step 1: Don't put the Fox in charge of the Hens!

>>> How you can misrepresent the other side so badly and still be so self righteous is beyond me."

Something you yourself could have learned from before posting!

parent criley2 6 years ago

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