Federal Aviation Administration employees say they were told not to "rock the boat" with Boeing, whose best-selling 737 Max was grounded by the agency last year, and faced pressure to keep quiet about aircraft safety concerns. The report reflects “a disturbing pattern of senior officials at a federal agency rolling over for industry," said Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Transportation Committee. The agency asked Mitre Corp. to survey more than 7,000 workers in its aviation safety group and 25 percent responded. Dickson, a former Delta Air Lines pilot and executive who became FAA chief a year ago, promised to create a program to encourage FAA employees to report safety concerns. The FAA has said it could wait until November to recertify the single-aisle jetliners, leaving them grounded until early next year.

Source: Fox News August 08, 2020 19:18 UTC