After 2 planes down, hundreds of deaths and a massive international backlash and shitstorm, Boeing tries to get a business-as-usual, rubber-stamp, paper-over-the-cracks, fastrack approval, and rightly gets shot down.
> Is this just the FAA getting tough because of all the scrutiny?
Hopefully this is just the FAA doing its job from now on.
Business as usual being propped up as news because the topic gets attention recently.
You test to find issues. You expect a certain sort and number of issues to come up in testing. Sometimes an issue comes up outside of expectations so you reset your expectations and test more.
The FAA has been doing its job and flying is incredibly safe. There were lapses, those things are being addressed.
>Boeing tries to get a business-as-usual, rubber-stamp, paper-over-the-cracks, fastrack approval
This is way over the top. It's a fun narrative because building up an enemy is a good passtime and it gets reader attention.
When you don't know anything about a topic, be hesitant to share your theories about how everybody is doing it wrong.
In the real world people who aren't experts have opinions, and those opinions matter. If the narrative that is everywhere is wrong feel free to correct it, that's a useful undertaking IMO. If you think everyone who knows less than you (in your opinion) should just be a silent spectator to your expertise, I guess we have different views on a how a healthy society behaves.