Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell said the FAA's Office of Audit and Evaluation conducted a November investigation into concerns raised by an aviation safety inspector who alleged that inspectors did not meet mandatory training requirements. Elwell said the employee's claims did not involve
WASHINGTON - The acting top U.S. aviation regulator defended the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday from charges by an unnamed agency employee who told congressional investigators that aviation safety inspectors that worked on the certification of now-grounded Boeing 737 MAX may have been unqualified.Elwell's comments came in a letter to Senator Roger Wicker.
Wicker also said information from whistleblowers and documents showed the FAA was notified about the training and certification concerns as early as August 2018, which was before the Indonesia crash. Elwell said the allegations were specific to the aircraft evaluation group. While the inspectors in question did not work on the 737 Max, he did not specify which aircraft they may have inspected.
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