Daniel Ellwell is acting head of the FAA . He was an aerospace industry lobbyist

[octoberlib]

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Daniel Ellwell is the Acting head of the FAA. His bio here: https://www.faa.gov/about/key_officials/elwell/ …
“Elwell was Vice President of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) from 2008-2013. In this role, Elwell represented civil aerospace manufacturers and led policy development and advocacy

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The top FAA job has been vacant for 14 months, airline enforcement fines have dropped 88% in two years and lengthy tarmac delays have doubled. Meantime, the U.S. is increasingly isolated in not acting on the Boeing 737 Max 8. https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-737-max-the-latest-example-of-a-passive-dot-11552409944 … via @WSJ

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NEW: @Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg spoke by phone with TRUMP this a.m., urging him not to ground 737 Max 8s after Sunday’s crash.
* Muilenburg has tried to cultivate Trump. He visited Mar-a-Lago after AF1 dust-up, & Boeing donated $1M to Trump inaugural.

[spanone]

1. "airline enforcement fines have dropped 88%"

de-regulation ladies and gentlemen....the cornerstone of trumps maladministration

[octoberlib]

2. Yep. That they're willing to even make airplanes less safe is disgusting.

I mean , people in his administration fly commercial, too.

[spanone]

7. I know, it's mind boggling...

families
friends
strangers
humans
I don't get it

[malaise]

3. Rachel is covering this right now

Watch - he is the acting administrator and has been since Obama's head resigned in 2018 January

[octoberlib]

4. I'm watching it! Glad she's covering it.

[C_U_L8R]

5. He needs to resign. Now.

Almost criminally incompetent.

[dalton99a]

6. Typical Trump appointee

[Duppers]

8. Perfect 'toon. nt

[Corgigal]

9. God forbid a plane falls out of the sky here,

after all the information that has been released so far. Victim families could rip up these men alive and then own Boeing.

What a gamble.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Ok, Trumpy. Let's see you fly on a 737 Max 8 and show us all how safe it is.

Then we'll trust your judgement.