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But that still doesn't answer the question. If this known nose gear
malfunction was happening on, say, Beech Bonanzas, the whole fleet would be grounded in a heartbeat. Yet it's happening to a commonly used airliner, and nothing much seems to be happening. The FAA didn't put an AD on the Bonanza tail until 350 (and decades) of them disintegrated in flight. Then it was only because the president of the Bonanza society, a big Beech defender, was killed that Beech got off their butt and fixed the tail. At the same time, King Air wings were falling off at an alarming rate and Beech and the FAA did virtually NOTHING to solve that as well. It took a private company to produce a wing strap for the KA to finally embarrass Beech into fixing the King Air. The new King Air wing is held on by bolts in shear. The old (pre about 1984)by bolts in tension. FAA did NOTHING! The FAA is not necessarily going to do anything to promote safety in aviation. They never have. It's ALWAYS private enterprise that fixes the real problems! |
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