Posts Tagged ‘ FAA ’

That seems to be the attitude of Boeing to the terrible consequences of the quality control failures of the development of the 737-MAX.

The FAA “…repeatedly permitted Southwest Airlines to continue operating dozens of aircraft in an unknown airworthiness condition for several years…”

“Both Boeing and the FAA gambled with the public’s safety.” says the report.

Is O’Leary thinking that cheap fares will overcome any doubts passengers have about the Boeing 737 Max?

How comfortable would passengers be when they know that the certification for the 737-Max is based on the one for the original model which dates back to 1967?

Sunday’s announcement is a real eye-opener and one that demands change.

We regulate spaces below which animals cannot travel: why not the same for humans?

My problem is that having known about the potential problems with lithium batteries before why haven’t aerospace safety agencies carried out this testing before?

Should minimum seat sizes be mandatory and decided by medical staff rather than bean counters or aircraft designers?

Expect to see changes soon over what you can and cannot use on flights. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced relaxations on what we might use when we are in-flight.

UPDATE 23 APRIL
The Dreamliner will re-enter service once the modifications have been made. But Boeing still doesn’t know what caused the problem. Am I too cynical in believing that Boeing can’t afford the Dreamliner to fail so they have done as much as they can in the hope that this minimises any problem rather than curing it? And regulators have abetted this fudge by allowing it to fly again.

Special, gumdrop-enhanced avionics installed in Rudolph’s red nose will make it 10 times brighter, allowing the elves to track Santa One even during the type of heavy snowfall expected this Christmas.