12-12-2020, 09:13 PM
(12-12-2020, 07:32 PM)jamincan Wrote:(12-12-2020, 04:27 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Nobody is saying airline regulations are perfect. But they are a million times more effective than road regulations, and yet get a million times the scrutiny.I'm saying that the 737Max is not the exception that proves the rule. The 737Max demonstrates a systemic failure of the FAA's regulatory function and to say that it is merely an exception in an otherwise functional system is extremely naïve.
are you suggesting that because airline regulations aren’t perfect, that they can’t inform how to improve other regulations?
Certainly the 737Max is not the first aircraft to have an airworthyness directive issued, but I think it's absurd to argue that the FAA's regulatory funciton is a failure, systemic or otherwise.
Why is it naive to look at crash statistics and understand that a) commercial aviation is, by every measure, the safest way to travel, and b) been growing more and more safe ever year as a result of standards and regulations introduced by the FAA.