Insight: Will Dreamliner drama affect industry self-inspection?
SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters)- Eight years ago, U. S. regulators substantially increased their dependence on the aircraft industry to help keep flying safe. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would no longer directly manage routine inspection of design and manufacturing. Instead, it would focus on overseeing a self-policing program executed by the manufacturers themselves through more than 3,000 of their employees assigned to review safety on behalf of the FAA. These so-called designees had existed for decades, but the FAA had vetted and controlled them. . . .
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