• Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    That’s crazy.

    Whoever was in charge of U.S. transportation when that system got approved must feel like a real jerk right now.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah. Drive control systems are heavily regulated. Whether or not approval was granted after a review process is, well, unknown to me.

        Of note, the secretary of transportation when this system gained approval was previously the secretary of labor under Bush and had bragged about record low OSHA violations under her tenure.
        A later report found that this was achieved by OSHA not investigating violations.

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          8 months ago

          Whether it’s due to a lack of regulations or regulatory capture I’m pretty sure they needed as much approval as Boeing did for MCAS and Sachler for Opium pain killers.