FAA to create new safety branch after Boeing 737 Max crashes
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to create a new safety branch to address “gaps” in its oversight as a result of recent deadly crashes and a controversial agency reorganization, according to an internal agency email obtained by The Washington Post.
The move comes as the agency faces intense scrutiny for certifying in 2017 that Boeing’s 737 Max planes were safe, despite what investigators would later say was a flawed flight control feature that contributed to two crashes that killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
The email sent Monday to employees in the FAA’s Aircraft Certification Service, or AIR, does not mention the Max directly, and is written in bureaucratic language that eschews finger pointing and emphasizes the complexities of aviation safety.
But it offers new, though still incomplete, insight into how the agency is diagnosing its own shortcomings, even as administrator Steve Dickson is set to face a congressional oversight hearing Wednesday.
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Give the branch a name, a motto, a Powerpoint projector, and tell them they're responsible for any future crashes, have a nice day.
Then report to your boss that you've made great strides.
