IATA warns of ‘broken' certification process in Boeing grounding

Global aviation regulators have yet to formulate a unified approach to getting the grounded Boeing 737 Max airliner back into service, a division that risks undermining public trust in the industry’s safety record, according to Alexandre de Juniac, the head of IATA. “The point on which we have to pay attention is for the regulators to be aligned,” de Juniac said. “Otherwise the certification process will be broken, will be fragmented, and we have built our safety record on the unanimity and reciprocity of the certification process.” While the FAA is expected to wrap up its review at some point this winter, regulators in Europe and China intend to offer their own assessments of the safety of the plane before allowing it to fly in their airspace. <br/>