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> lack of effective oversight

Regulators getting cozy with the people they're supposed to regulate happens in every industry, in every country, and... understandably so. Those are people who have the same expertise, same training, who work together all their life.

It may be one of the most difficult problems to solve.

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Its not "getting cozy", its good old felony called corruption. You can tackle that, its not that hard if done correctly. But one needs to avoid conflict of interest from all angles

I guess the question I would have is: to what degree is this happening in the US versus other places like Europe or China, and what can we learn by examining this in those places.

I would hope FAA learned their lesson after being (rightfully!) publicly humiliated by Trump doing their job better and proceeding to lose their prestige as the leading authority of aviation authorities.

But stupider things have happened.

Are you taking about the executive orders trump signed that reduced FAA oversight?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2019/03/18/did-tru...

Or maybe he was talking about Trump nominating a new FAA head who illegally retaliated against a pilot who was a whistleblower at Delta regarding safety concerns.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/business/stephen-dickson-...

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