The acting top U.S. aviation regulator defended the Federal Aviation Administrat...
WASHINGTON - The acting top U.S. aviation regulator defended the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday from charges by an unnamed agency employee who told congressional investigators that aviation safety inspectors that worked on the certification of now-grounded Boeing 737 MAX may have been unqualified.
Elwell’s comments came in a letter to Senator Roger Wicker. Earlier this week, the Republican senator said in a letter to the FAA that unqualified inspectors may have botched the evaluation of the 737 MAX software. Elwell said the allegations that the inspector raised, including retailiation by superiors, “were substantiated during the investigation and will be remedied as soon as possible. The front line manager that was found to have retaliated against our inspector is no longer with the FAA.”
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