Re: Really?
"Recent events show what happens when that process is 'streamlined' to save money through cheaper dev/test and/or reduced or sub-contracted certification."
No. Recent events show what happens when lobbying and flat out corruption allows "self regulation" and regulatory capture.
Boeing has had the FAA in its pocket for quite some time. Look into the 737NG counterfeit parts scandal and the shortcuts taken in the 787 approval process that should never have allowed the lithium ion batteries used to be flown. Corruption is somewhat like a rotting fish and somewhat like dry rot in a house - it starts at the head and works its way downwards - when you see it, it's spread throughout the entire system and it's usually so rotten that the entire shell can collapse with a good hard poke.
That's entirely different to the processes happening with cars - simply because UNLIKE the aviation market which is controlled by a few companies and where aircraft making is a matter of national pride, regulators in every country have a deep interest in cars not killing their citizens.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
