The FAA Has Even More Bad News for Boeing

Boeing's rotten week got even worse on Friday morning when the Federal Aviation Administration announced that, in addition to an investigation launched on Thursday, the FAA would also be increasing its oversight of the aircraft manufacturer and looking at requiring independent, third-party monitoring of its authority delegation and safety oversight functions. As Vespa reported earlier this week, the FAA is investigating whether Boeing "failed to ensure completed products conformed to its approved design and were in a condition for safe operation in compliance with FAA regulations," and now it seems...