Boeing And The FAA

This is not a good look. Looks like regulatory capture.

I’ve always thought it was a bad idea to let Boeing have a monopoly on American air transports, and this is probably one of the consequences.

[Wednesday-morning update]

Some aviation-safety experts have been predicting this sort of “automation surprise” for years.

I think part of the problem is that pilots don’t fly the planes any more; they manage them.

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