05/23/2016
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"I question why, given this TARAM--and I don't know where it went since it didn't go to the head of safety--why the aircraft wasn't grounded once this analysis was done, as opposed to allowing the plan..."
"Boeing self-certified and installed defective slats on 137 applications, and you just announced a $4 million civil fine for this deliberate abuse."
"I think most of these decisions were made by captive regulator managers in the Seattle offices, and no one in the national offices knew a damned thing about it."
"I think it was way less than satisfactory. It was catastrophic."