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FAA: $27 Million Repairs Needed for 737
Ryan Boyd October 17, 2016
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed that $27 million be spent on improving the panels on Boeing 737 aircraft that hold necessary equipment. The panels, referred to as passenger service units, store items like air vents and emergency oxygen masks, and the FAA has raised additional concerns about improvements to panels containing life vests.
According to USA Today, the total cost is estimated to be $21,880 per passenger service unit and $2,769 per life-vest panel.
To read more on this story, go to USA Today.
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What's a life-vest panel? I've never been on a plane and heard that the life vests are "located in a compartment ABOVE your head.;
Who did this math? Watch your decimal point, please.
This is the type of story that gets published when the author has no idea how new rules are published. The FAA does an economic analysis of each AD and every other rule. Th cost of implementing the rule (I.e., performing the repairs mandated by the AD), must be less than or equal to the value of lives saved, and other avoided costs. Yes, the government has an actuarial value for a human life. So to just point out the cost of repairs is due to either ignorance of the process or a driving desire to sensationalize the story to get clicks and justify his paycheck.