Originally Posted by
coolbeans202
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-can...ts-11555579802
"Aviation regulators in Canada, Europe, China and Brazil previously indicated they would conduct their own safety reviews of the software fix to the
automated flight-control system—known as MCAS—instead of accepting the FAA’s analysis and decision to require only interactive and self-instructional training on laptops or other electronic devices."
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"The situation marks a sharp departure from tradition. For decades, major safety decisions by the FAA affecting American-built aircraft were routinely embraced by foreign counterparts. Trust and cooperation have frayed following the second of the two recent 737 MAX crashes."
And Canada is looking like it is going to require simulator training, which the FAA is trying to help Boeing avoid. At this point Boeing (in its desire not to upset its business case for that MAX "you can just have your 737 pilots fly it, with no extra training or certification required") and the FAA are shredding that little credibility it has left. Given everything that has happened, and the by now clear different performance of the MAX without a bunch of computer overlay (overlay which killed 300 people), it is 110% clear that pilots should be trained on the actual performance of the MAX when the software overrides are turned off. That the FAA would try to hold this line suggests to me - and clearly to other national safety administrations - that the FAA is a wholly captive agency, which can not be trusted.
And lets be clear what happened here, in 2 years American has forfeited its credibility as the regulator of worldwide aviation, which also happens to be its biggest export industry. Boeing is going to long rue that it took over the FAA, because other aviation safety agencies are going to start making demands on Boeing, and Boeing will not be able to rely upon FAA certification and decisions.