What you talk about the FAA doing thier own testing and validation is (unfortunately) almost impossible. Back in the 90s, a senior FAA official (I think a Director) had said something along the lines of “The FAA does not and cannot check everything, we just see that companies are doing their tests.” The FAA would require several times more manpower to be able to actually audit or test everything, and that is assuming they have the technical skills (which they haven’t had for highly complex systems and electronics for decades now).
I’m afraid I’m saying a lot of things from memory from the time I had written a report on the Max 8 accidents and an actor analysis. (I’d anyone is interested I could perhaps share it.) Most of this stuff came from the DoT report on the accident, the rest from reputable news articles.
I’m afraid I’m saying a lot of things from memory from the time I had written a report on the Max 8 accidents and an actor analysis. (I’d anyone is interested I could perhaps share it.) Most of this stuff came from the DoT report on the accident, the rest from reputable news articles.