Boeing is the villain here, but the FAA represented as victim of fraud is a stretch. It took the president to ground the planes in the end. Boeing recognized the FAA as soft and took advantage of it - that’s on the FAA. If the government can’t reliably certify the safety of an aircraft, the responsibility of certification should be moved to a body that can handle it. Bureaucracy is not synonymous with quality, efficiency, safety, reliability or any attribute we need to certify an aircraft to fly. The solution? Of course, stronger regulation. Worked with the banks…
