US: FAA says handling aircraft approval on its own would cost US$1.8b
It would cost US$1.8b and take 10,000 new employees for the FAA to handle all aircraft certification internally, the agency's acting chief told a Senate panel Wednesday, facing tough questions after 2 Boeing 737 MAX crashes on how new planes are approved for flight. The FAA delegates much of the work of airplane certification to manufacturers under a decades-old process. The FAA has agreed to significantly improve its oversight of organisations performing certifications on its behalf by July 2019, US DoT inspector general Calvin Scovel said. "There have been long standing concerns that have been raised about the closeness of the FAA with Boeing" senator Ted Cruz said after the hearing. "At this point we don't know that's what caused this, but on the face of it, it certainly seems inadequate," Cruz added. <br/>
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US: FAA says handling aircraft approval on its own would cost US$1.8b
It would cost US$1.8b and take 10,000 new employees for the FAA to handle all aircraft certification internally, the agency's acting chief told a Senate panel Wednesday, facing tough questions after 2 Boeing 737 MAX crashes on how new planes are approved for flight. The FAA delegates much of the work of airplane certification to manufacturers under a decades-old process. The FAA has agreed to significantly improve its oversight of organisations performing certifications on its behalf by July 2019, US DoT inspector general Calvin Scovel said. "There have been long standing concerns that have been raised about the closeness of the FAA with Boeing" senator Ted Cruz said after the hearing. "At this point we don't know that's what caused this, but on the face of it, it certainly seems inadequate," Cruz added. <br/>
