Acting FAA chief responds to whistleblower allegations, telling lawmakers that the inspectors who helped set pilot-training mandates for Boeing’s grounded jet were “fully qualified”
The acting chief of the Federal Aviation Administration has told lawmakers there were no systemic problems with the qualifications of key agency staff who helped establish pilot-training mandates for Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 MAX jet.
In a letter Friday to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Daniel Elwell said all of the FAA safety inspectors who served on an influential panel that set such requirements—called the Flight Standardization Board—were “fully qualified for these activities.”...
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