Who didn't see this coming? No Boeing employee should ever be given an FAA aircraft certification authorization! The FAA gets taxpayers money to do their job and not passed the responsibility onto individuals employed by Boeing. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...=Feed:+reuters/topNews+(News+/+US+/+Top+News) WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two key U.S. senators are circulating a bipartisan draft bill that would reform how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new aircraft in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people. The measure seeks to eliminate the ability of aircraft makers like Boeing Co. to unduly influence the certification process and marks the most significant step toward reforms following the crashes, which sparked calls to change how the FAA approves new airplanes. It aims to grant the FAA new power over the long-standing practice of delegating some certification tasks to aircraft manufacturer employees. It would give the agency authority to hire or remove Boeing employees conducting FAA certification tasks and allow FAA to appoint safety advisers.
This would imply that the FAA needs to hire some true aviation EXPERTS if they are to be allowed to rule over the actual manufacturing industry??? Not political hacks and appointees!
No disagreement from me. Having spent 20 years in Coast Guard aviation I know of several good friends who went to the FAA after they retired. When you consider all military branches have aviation that's a lot of experienced aircraft workers the FAA can hire.