All of Boeing's self-certification rights should be scrapped. Clearly Boeing's internal safety culture isn't in a state where it can be trusted. Mistakes happen & planes fall out of the sky, but this seems like a rather pervasive culture issue.
Well. The FAA in this case is not teaching Boeing how to make planes, so your comparison is not exactly a good one. Maybe an example of another regulated industry like NHTSA or OSHA?
I.e. I don’t see gold mining companies performing their own MSHA audits, but I do see them building controls and processes to satisfy safety regulations
A college or undergrad university doesn’t teach its students how to excel in a GRE or GMAT. And yet you won’t ever get to self grade yourself on those. An external (hopefully somewhat impartial) organisation does.
I remember a few times in school when we took turns grading each other's work. That scenario raises all sorts of other potential for problems, but it's an interesting thought experiment: what if Boeing were responsible for certifying Aribus' planes and visa-versa?
I do actually remember self-grading in at least a few classes in school, and it was quite effective. You learn more from grading your work (i.e. finding the errors) than if someone else does it for you.
This wasn't for final exams obviously, more like quizzes and such.
Sure we can. If you built an airplane you can self certify it passes applicable regs. It’s a different story if you or I are wrong about our certification because we don’t have the deep pockets to prevent litigation that a multi-billion dollar company has.
You can build a lightweight craft (see FAR 103), self certify as such and fly without ever talking to the FAA. Your lightweight craft could be 100lbs over the limit and no one would know until it crashed and the NTSB got involved. Your lightweight craft could also be a Cessna. You are guaranteed to get into more trouble when the FAA finds out you are grossly violating the law.. especially if loss of life is involved, see Boeing as an example.
