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Question of the Week

Do you trust the FAA in its role as protector and police for the commercial aviation industry?
No. The FAA is compromised by a need to keep the airlines in business.
Yes. The FAA may be slow, but it's thorough and working with an industry that seems perpetually strapped for cash. It's not the FAA's fault if airlines can't afford to adopt safety recommendations fleet-wide, tomorrow.
Since when is the FAA "protector and police"?
It's a mistake to ever trust the FAA with anything -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing. As users of the system, we're just as much responsible to protect ourselves from ill-advised changes to the system as the FAA is to manage that system and adapt it to changing times. The relationship may at times seem adversarial, but we're all on the same team.
If we're on the same team, someone should really tell the FAA ... .


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