” that took the input of hundreds of people behind closed doors? “
Because it is NOT behind closed doors.
The Designated Engineering Representative (DER) of the FAA is intimately involved in the process, and there are multiple of those.
I understand your point, but let’s play it out logically...
Do we have one FAA engineer for every Boeing engineer to “check their work?”
That was my point. Boeing made a plane with a flaw. They made a flawed system to correct the design flaw (engines too big). They seemingly chose to hide all of this from their consumers and make a safety system an option on the aircraft.
They got the plane approved by the FAA. Was the FAA aware of all of this and did they recognize the problem? I don’t know the answers and it is hard to trust media coverage.
I have seen many stories blaming the FAA for this. If you accept this, what is the solution? More FAA engineers?
A slippery slope FRiend.