Airbus showed caution Tuesday addressing questions from the press on the relationship between manufacturers and regulators in the wake of the 737 MAX grounding and allegations of a too cozy relationship between Boeing and the FAA. And the practice of acceptance and approvals via FAA designee applies to all other aviation industry manufacturers. However, Scherer seemed to credit Europe’s aviation safety regulator, EASA, with having an advantage, saying: “EASA has a slightly different mandate than the FAA. It also has a mandate limited to aviation safety oversight, while the various countries in the EU are responsible independently for some of the FAA’s other mandates including management of Air Traffic Control and airport infrastructure. But, to be clear, our internal safety standards are even more stringent than what is required by the regulators.”

Source: Forbes May 21, 2019 10:52 UTC