[fny]

Time will tell. The 737 max debacle doesn't inspire blind confidence in the West though.

[bilbo0s]

I don't know that I would throw that paint on the entire West.

Is there a completely justifiable reluctance to give blanket credence to answers to technical questions given by American authorities? Absolutely, and as an intellectually honest American I'm big enough to admit that we earned that skepticism all by ourselves. The decision making apparatus of the US and its major industrial sectors have been saturated with so many ideological type people that it can no longer be depended upon to reliably answer certain questions in general.

That does not necessarily mean that EU authorities are not reliable. European regulatory authorities still have their acts together for the most part. Technical responses free of political influence can be found given technical questions. Are there issues in the EU? Yes, but in my experience, the issues are nothing like what you see in the US or China.

[mhh__]

The fact that we actually know about it is proof that we can't be blinkered about the differences between the west and elsewhere, surely?

[theflyinghorse]

Didn't Boeing leadership try everything they could to deflect the issue?

[mhh__]

Exactly, but we are lucky that in the West the truth usually gets out both thanks to regulators and a free-ish market.

[datenarsch]

Well, mainly the truth came out because two planes crashed and hundreds of people were killed. That's something even Boeing couldn't sweep under the rug.

[tjpnz]

>The 737 max debacle doesn't inspire blind confidence in the West though.

That's a rather peculiar argument. Most people wouldn't think twice about boarding an Airbus or any non-MAX plane from Boeing.

[88840-8855]

Nobody cares. The C919 can be as reliable as nothing else in the market, people will still prefer flying Western airplanes over the Comac.

Shitty bias is shitty.

[dirtyid]

Somewhat relevant is Chinese Civil Aviation Administration was the first to ground Max fleet which spurred everyone else to. There's going to be bad blood for a long time.