The top U.S. aviation regulator said Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration should have been more aware of manufacturing problems inside Boeing before a panel blew off a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
“FAA’s approach was too hands-off — too focused on paperwork audits and not focused enough on inspections,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker told a Senate committee.
Whitaker said that since the Jan. 5 blowout on the Alaska jetliner, the FAA has changed to “more active, comprehensive oversight” of Boeing. That includes, as he has said before, putting more inspectors in factories at Boeing and its chief supplier on the Max, Spirit AeroSystems.
Whitaker made the comments while his agency, the Justice Department and the National Transportation Safety Board continue investigations into the giant aircraft manufacturer. The FAA has limited Boeing’s production of 737 Max jets to 38 per month, but the company is building far fewer than that while it tries to fix quality-control problems.
Yes, my open salvo was directed at the Whitaker.
Also, I’m pretty sure OP is an article bot, so don’t think they’d take notice, or offense, regardless lol.
Lemmy.world communities tend to be less tolerable of any direct Biden criticism, at least in my experience. Although maybe they thought I was directing that opener at OP.
Maybe it’s not fair to lay this entirely at the feet of old joe and his crony capitalism.
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/942345240/trump-administrations-new-regulation-favors-airlines-at-travelers-expense
Did you just blame Trump for a Biden appointment?
Because my comment was specifically about a Biden appointment to the FAA…But if you’re looking for who to blame for the FAA being shit, well that goes back a heck of a lot further, and it’s a bipartisan affair.
No I’m saying that’s probably why you get pushback. Yes, Biden sucks, but putting companies in charge of inspections was Trumps EO.