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The NTSB has no interest in what is "costly" or not. It frequently makes
recommendations that the FAA and the airlines decide not to heed for "cost"
reasons.



Actually, I meant "costly" more in social terms. With Boeing and Airbus
currently sparring over the subsidy issue, and the European Commission getting
involved, for the NTSB to come out and directly implicate Airbus in the
accident could spark a diplomatic incident.

I am no "conspiracy" theorist, nor do I believe that politics and finance
completely govern the workings of the NTSB, but to suggest they have "no
interest" in the political ramifications of their decisions would be, well,
not very credible.

G Faris