Originally Posted by
Davvidd
The other industries do not have such an International uniformity as in ICAO.
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Also why would it be a Boeing problem for FAA inspectors? It is an FAA issue strictly.
1. Healthcare, banking, insurance, energy, and pharmaceuticals all come to mind as industries with roughly equivalent international standards/oversight as aviation... imperfect systems with lots of self-policing
2. As I suggested, it shouldn't be a problem, but with Boeing feeding the people who attest to the quality of its workmanship, there was/is a conflict of interest. The EMA isn't all that different in this respect, at least structurally. I'm not trying to give the FAA a free pass here; I'm just pointing out an inherent problem in these sorts of government/industry relationships.