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U.S. lawmakers fault FAA, Boeing for deadly 737 Max crashes. Execs turn on each other for blame.

U.S. lawmakers fault FAA, Boeing for deadly 737 Max crashes. FAA and Boeing executives turn on each other to save their own skin.

www.georgesarkisian.com-investigative reporter exposing the corruption in government, politics and big business.

FAA Chiefs, Virginia residents, should be on death row. Daniel Elwell, Carl Burleson, Teri Bristol, Tina Amereihn qualify as MASS MURDERERS.

U.S. lawmakers fault FAA, Boeing for deadly 737 Max crashes

U.S. FAA proposes fining Boeing $19.7 million over 737 airplane sensors.

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MARCH 6, 2020 / 12:11 PM / UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO

U.S. lawmakers fault FAA, Boeing for deadly 737 Max crashes

David Shepardson, Eric M. Johnson

WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. House investigative report into two fatal Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes on a Boeing 737 MAX faulted the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) approval of the plane and Boeing’s design failures, saying the flights were “doomed.”

Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 MAX has been grounded worldwide for nearly a year following the second of two crashes, one in Indonesia in October 2018 and one in Ethiopia last March, that together killed 346 people.

The preliminary investigative findings from the U.S. House Transportation Committee, released on Friday, called the FAA’s certification review of the 737 MAX “grossly insufficient” and said the agency had failed in its duty to identify key safety problems.

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“The combination of these problems doomed the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines flights,” the panel said in the 13-page report.

It also said Boeing’s 737 MAX design “was marred by technical design failures, lack of transparency with both regulators and customers, and efforts to obfuscate information about the operation of the aircraft.

The report, which comes days ahead of the anniversary of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, adds that the findings should prompt legislative changes to address how U.S. regulators approve new aircraft for service.

The committee has been probing the crash for almost a year and received hundreds of thousands of documents and interviewed key Boeing and FAA employees in its investigation.

Boeing said it has cooperated extensively with the committee’s investigation and said it would review the report.

The FAA said in a statement it welcomed the report’s observations and said lessons learned from the two fatal crashes “will be a springboard to an even greater level of safety.”

“While the FAA’s certification processes are well-established and have consistently produced safe aircraft designs, we are a learning agency and welcome the scrutiny,” the FAA said.

REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Ethiopia plans to release an interim report into the March 10 crash before the first anniversary, an official said last month.

A final report into the Lion Air crash released last October by Indonesia faulted Boeing’s design of cockpit software on the 737 MAX but also cited errors by the airline’s workers and crew.

RED FLAGS

The committee also concluded the FAA and Boeing missed “multiple red flags and clear data points” in recommending that the 737 MAX should continue to fly after the first crash.

Those decisions “gambled with the public’s safety,” it said.

Boeing is facing around 100 lawsuits from families of victims of the Ethiopian crash who have questioned why the U.S.-based planemaker and authorities did not ground the MAX after the Lion Air crash.

The U.S. House panel also faulted Boeing for what it described as a “culture of concealment” for failing to disclose information to airline pilots about the 737 MAX’s MCAS stall-prevention system linked to both crashes, and that a key angle-of-attack cockpit alert was “inoperable on the majority of the 737 MAX fleet.”

Boeing did not tell U.S. regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots to a mismatch of flight data optional on the 737 MAX, instead of standard as on earlier 737s, but has said the missing display represented no safety risk. Boeing has said it will make the feature standard before the MAX returns to service.

Erroneous data from a sensor responsible for measuring the angle at which the wing slices through the air - known as the Angle of Attack - is suspected of triggering a flawed anti-stall system that pushed the plane downward in two recent crashes.

Federal prosecutors aided by the FBI are reviewing the plane’s certification as are a grand jury and the Transportation Department inspector general’s office. Several independent reviews have also faulted Boeing’s design and called for improvements in how the FAA certifies new airplanes.

Representative Rick Larsen, who chairs an aviation subcommittee, said Friday’s report and other independent reviews make “it abundantly clear Congress must change the method by which the FAA certifies aircraft.”

Boeing halted production of the MAX in January and a key certification test flight is not expected before April, Reuters has reported, as Boeing addresses several software issues and whether it must move wiring bundles on the plane. Boeing says it hopes to win approval for the plane to return to service by mid-year.

Separately, the FAA on Friday proposed fining Boeing $19.7 million for allegedly installing equipment on hundreds of 737 aircraft containing sensors in heads-up displays that regulators had not approved for use.

Reporting by David Shepardson, Eric M. Johnson and Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Nick Zieminski and Paul Simao

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Brambleton Virginia, City Officials harboring FAA Chief Mass Murderer Teri Lynn Bristol. The murder of 346 people were her responsibility.

Teri Bristol
Air Traffic Organization (AJO) –
Teri Bristol (Chief Operating Officer) $278,426
Teri.Bristol@faa.gov,
Tel: (866) TELL-FAA ((866) 835-5322)

I was the Chief Operating Officer of the FAA when 346 people were needlessly murdered on two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes.

My inept and arrogant leadership caused their deaths.

I deserve the death penalty.

---Teri Lynn Bristol.

Brambleton Virginia City Officials

Back Row (l-r): Anand Dharmapuri - Director; Jordan Crotty - Director; Samarendra Nandi - Vice President; Brian Viola - President Front Row (l-r): Pat Martin - Director; Susan Wolford - Secretary; Meryl Bisaga - Treasurer

hoa@brambleton.org

President, brian.viola@brambleton.org
Vice President, sam.nandi@brambleton.org
Secretary, susan.wolford@brambleton.org
Treasurer, meryl.bisaga@brambleton.org
Director, jordan.crotty@brambleton.org
Director, anand.dharmapuri@brambleton.org
Director, pat.martin@brambleton.org

Dumfries Virginia's Mass Murderers still on the Loose. FAA Execs James Frank Arrighi, Ronald W. Wood, Dan Elwell.

The main culprits are:

James Frank Arrighi. Jim.arrighi@faa.gov. james.arrighi@faa.gov. tel: 202-567-1284. tel: 703-863-5289

Ronald W. Wood. ron.wood.@faa.gov, Ronald.wood@faa.gov. tel: 440-251-0353

Dan Elwell, Office of the Administrator (AOA) –, Dan Elwell (Acting) Daniel.Elwell@faa.gov.
Tel: (866) TELL-FAA ((866) 835-5322)

We laugh in the face of the United States Capitol Police and the FBI.

www.georgesarkisian.com-investigative reporter exposing the corruption in government, politics and big business.

Dumfries Virginia's Mass Murderers still on the Loose. FAA Execs James Frank Arrighi, Ronald W. Wood, Dan Elwell.

We murdered 346 people on two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes. We deserve the death penalty.

James Frank Arrighi, Ronald W. Wood, Dan Elwell-We will never serve a day in prison even though we knowingly murdered 346 people.

We are above the law and can get away with murder, just ask the United States Capitol Police and the FBI.

https://www.uscp.gov/

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/fbi-headquarters

Washington
601 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20535
washingtondc.fbi.gov
(202) 278-2000
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/washingtondc
Covers the District of Columbia and several counties in Northern Virginia

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/washingtondc

1 Dan Elwell
Office of the Administrator (AOA) –
Dan Elwell (Acting) na
Daniel.Elwell@faa.gov,

These are the words that should be coming out of the mouths of the 65 top management people who were leading the FAA during the time of the two Boeing 737 Max 8 air crashes in 2018-2019.

Without a doubt, the six people who will have this statement imprinted on their tombstone are:

In Pictures-65 FAA Top Management Characters responsible for killing 346 people in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes.

FAA stands for Federal ARROGANCE Administration

Not a single one has admitted any responsibility.

Each of them should spend the rest of their lives in prison with the others murderers of our society.

Of course Congress won't do a thing because many members of Congress have the same Boeing blood money on their hands.

Unfortunately, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has the well deserved reputation of being one of the THE MOST ARROGANT AND MOST CORRUPT agencies in the United States Government.

The corruption of their leadership has been consumed with the corruption of character AND integrity.

Their arrogance is not only disgusting, it is dictatorial in nature.

Their empathy for the families of the 346 victims of these two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes is non-existent.

They are people who SHOULD NOT be admired in any conceivable way.

At the time of these crashes, these Mass Murderers were leading the FAA.

Each of them qualify as a Mass Murderer according to FBI interpretation and should be on Death Row in Huntsville Prison, Texas.

FAA analysis reveals the agency knew another Boeing 737 Max malfunction was "likely" within 10 months of last year's deadly Lion Air crash. CBS News

Given the fact that the FAA knew that another BOEING 737 MAX 8 aircraft crash was "likely" after the Lion Air Crash, and in fact did happen in the Ethiopian Crash,

Any reasonable person and any reasonable jury of 12 unbiased individual American citizens must conclude that ALL 65 FAA TOP LEVEL MANAGEMENT PEOPLE must be categorized at "MASS MURDERERS" and should spend the rest of their lives in prison.

One of A.D.A. Jack McCoy's best quotes on the television series "Law and Order" is:

"Don't tell me you didn't know about it."

"You didn't want to know about it".

This is the excuse all 65 management people at the Federal ARROGANCE Administration use.

1 Dan Elwell
Office of the Administrator (AOA) –
Dan Elwell (Acting) na
Daniel.Elwell@faa.gov,

1 Dan Elwell
Office of the Administrator (AOA) –
Dan Elwell (Acting) na
Daniel.Elwell@faa.gov,

In October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed just minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first fatal accident involving a 737 Max. 189 people died.

In March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, involving the same Max jet model, also crashed minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/business/boeing-737-crashes.html

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, whose grandniece was killed in the March crash of a 737 Max jet in Ethiopia, is accusing the Federal Aviation Administration of being beholden to Boeing.

“In all the product defects that I have worked on over the years, I have never seen so many whistleblowers [and] so many authentic aerospace experts condemning the Boeing practice here,”

Nader added. “The FAA has been in the pockets of the Boeing company for years — pressured by Congress and the White House on both parties to cut budgets, to cut staff, [and] reduce their talent pool to oversee Boeing.”

Nader said he sent letters to the FAA and Boeing and never got a response. “Boeing had a good record for 10 years or so. But that does not allow Boeing to have any free crashes that are preventable by standard aeronautical safety stability.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/23/ralph-nader-on-737-max-crashes-says-faa-beholden-to-boeing.html

https://www.faa.gov/about/key_officials/

Federal Aviation Administration High Level Organization Chart (text only): May 2019 Federal



1 Dan Elwell Office of the Administrator (AOA) – Dan Elwell (Acting) na Daniel.Elwell@faa.gov, dc

2 Carl Burleson Office of the Deputy Administrator (ADA) – Carl Burleson (Acting) $200,373 Carl.Burleson@faa.gov, dc
3 Tina Amereihn Chief of Staff – Tina Amereihn (Acting) $214,546 Tina.Amereihn@faa.gov, dc

These Lines of Business report directly to AOA and oversee the offices and services listed under them:
4 Teri Bristol Air Traffic Organization (AJO) – Teri Bristol (Chief Operating Officer) $278,426 Teri.Bristol@faa.gov, dc
5 Glen Martin Safety and Technical Training (AJI) – Glen Martin $202,408 Glen.Martin@faa.gov, dc
6 Mike Artist System Operations (AJR) – Mike Artist $189,897 Michael.Artist@faa.gov, dc
7 Jeffrey Vincent Air Traffic Services (AJT) – Jeffrey Vincent (Acting) $184,948 Jeffrey.Vincent@faa.gov, ga
8 Jeffrey Planty Technical Operations (AJW) – Jeffrey Planty $201,762 Jeffrey.Planty@faa.gov, dc
9 Jodi McCarthy Mission Support (AJV) – Jodi McCarthy $202,689 Jodi.McCarthy@faa.gov, dc
10 Victoria Wei Management Services (AJG) – Victoria Wei (Acting) $199,246 Victoria.Wei@faa.gov, dc
11 Kristen Burnham Program Management Organization (AJM) – Kristen Burnham $204,357 Kristen.Burnham@faa.gov, dc
12 Earl Lawrence Unmanned Aircraft Systems (AUS)—Earl Lawrence $202,729 Earl.Lawrence@faa.gov, dc
13 Ali Bahrami Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS) – Ali Bahrami $187,000 Ali.Bahrami@faa.gov, dc
14 Rick Domingo Flight Standards Service (AFX) – Rick Domingo $201,862 Ricardo.Domingo@faa.gov, wa
15 Michael Berry Federal Air Surgeon (AAM) – Dr. Michael Berry $200,659 Michael.Berry@faa.gov, dc
16 Sunny Lee Fanning Quality, Integration & Executive Service (AQS) – Sunny Lee-Fanning $203,220 Sunny.Lee-Fanning@faa.gov, dc
17 Mike ODonnell Air Traffic Oversight (AOV) – Mike O’Donnell $198,454 Michael.Odonnell@faa.gov, dc
18 Lirio Liu Rule Making (ARM) -- Lirio L. Liu $203,238 Lirio.Liu@faa.gov, dc
19 Steve Gottlieb Accident Investigation & Prevention (AVP) – Steve Gottlieb (Acting) $199,162 Steven.Gottlieb@faa.gov, dc
20 Earl Lawrence Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) – Earl Lawrence $202,729 Earl.Lawrence@faa.gov, dc
21 Jay Merkle Unmanned Aircraft Systems (AUS)—Jay Merkle $201,813 Jay.Merkle@faa.gov, dc
22 Kirk Shaffer Associate Administrator for Airports (ARP) – Kirk Shaffer na Kirk.Shaffer@faa.gov, dc
23 John Dermody Airport Safety & Standards (AAS) – John Dermody $201,120 John.Dermody@faa.gov, dc
24 Kevin Willis Airport Compliance & Management Analysis (ACO) – Kevin Willis $183,694 Kevin.Willis@faa.gov, dc
25 Robin Hunt Airport Planning & Programming (APP) – Robin Hunt (Acting) $182,150 Robin.Hunt@faa.gov, ca
26 Wayne Monteith Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST) – Wayne Monteith na Wayne.Monteith@faa.gov, dc
27 Kelvin Coleman Deputy Associate Administrator (AST-2) – Kelvin B. Coleman $170,491 Kelvin.Coleman@faa.gov, dc
28 Dorothy Reimold Office of Strategic Planning (AST-3) – Dorothy Reimold $187,000 Dorothy.Reimold@faa.gov, dc
29 Ravi Chaudhary Office of Chief Engineer (AST-4) – Ravi Chaudhary $201,348 Ravi.Chaudhary@faa.gov, dc
30 Claudio Manno Associate Administrator for Security & Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH) – Claudio Manno $208,908 Claudio.Manno@faa.gov, dc
31 Josh Holtzman Office of National Security Programs & Incident Response (AXE) – Josh Holtzman $202,085 Joshua.Holtzman@faa.gov, dc
32 Patricia Pausch Office of Infrastructure Protection (AXF)—Patricia Pausch $202,317 Patricia.Pausch@faa.gov, ill
33 Janet McLaughlin Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (AXH) – Janet McLaughlin $203,159 Janet.McLaughlin@faa.gov, dc
34 Michelle Root Office of Investigations (AXI)—Michelle Root $181,984 Michelle.Root@faa.gov, dc
35 Donald Faulkner Office of Business & Mission Services (AXM)—Donald Faulkner $197,054 Donald.Faulkner@faa.gov, dc
36 Gerald Moore Office of Personnel Security (AXP)—Gerald Moore $191,231 Gerald.Moore@faa.gov, dc

These Staff Offices report directly to AOA and oversee the offices and services listed under them:

37 Pamela Whitley Assistant Administrator for NextGen (ANG) – Pamela Whitley (Acting) $201,189 Pamela.Whitley@faa.gov, dc
38 Geofrey Frazier Management Services (ANG-A) – Geofrey Frazier $191,322 Geofrey.Frazier@faa.gov, dc
39 Joseph Post NAS Systems Engineering & Integration (ANG-B) – Joseph Post (Acting) $190,840 Joseph.Post@faa.gov, dc
40 Paul Fontaine Portfolio Management & Technology Development (ANG-C) – Paul Fontaine $200,665 Paul.Fontaine@faa.gov, dc
41 Shelley Yak William J. Hughes Technical Center (ANG-E) – Shelley Yak $200,792 Shelley.Yak@faa.gov, nj
42 Roosevelt Mercer NextGen Collaboration & Messaging Office (ANG-M) – Roosevelt Mercer, Jr. $194,048 Roosevelt.Mercer@faa.gov, dc
43 Phil Newman Assistant Administrator for Government & Industry Affairs (AGI) – Phil Newman na Phil.Newman@faa.gov,
44 Greg Martin Assistant Administrator for Communications (AOC) – Greg Martin $179,700 Gregory.Martin@faa.gov, dc
45 Arjun Garg Office of the Chief Counsel (AGC) – Arjun Garg $153,730 Arjun.Garg@faa.gov, dc
46 Pat McNall Principal Deputy Chief Counsel (AGC-2)—Pat McNall $202,549 Patricia.McNall@faa.gov, dc
47 Mark Bury Deputy Chief Counsel, Business Operations (AGC-3)—Mark Bury $201,562 Mark.Bury@faa.gov, dc
48 Mark Bury Deputy Chief Counsel, Employment Law, Litigation & Admin (AGC-4) Mark Bury (Acting) $201,562 Mark.Bury@faa.gov, dc
49 Annie Andrews Assistant Administrator for Human Resource Management (AHR) – Annie B. Andrews $202,613 Annie.Andrews@faa.gov, dc
50 Tammy VanKeuren Accountability Board (AHA) – Tammy Van Keuren $165,038 Tammy.VanKeuren@faa.gov, dc
51 Melissa King Talent Development (AHD) – Melissa King $201,112 Melissa.King@faa.gov, dc
52 Renee Coates Human Resource Services (AHF) – Renee Coates $201,499 Renee.Coates@faa.gov, dc
53 Laura Glading Labor and Employee Relations (AHL) – Laura Glading $192,009 Laura.Glading@faa.gov, dc
54 Elizabeth Dayan Compensation, Benefits & Work-life (AHB) – Elizabeth Dayan $203,559 Elizabeth.Dayan@faa.gov, dc
55 Courtney Wilkerson Assistant Administrator for Civil Rights (ACR) – Courtney Wilkerson (Acting) $189,646 Courtney.Wilkerson@faa.gov, dc
56 Bailey Edwards Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs & Env (APL) – Bailey Edwards na Bailey.Edwards@faa.gov, x
57 David Chien Aviation Policy & Plans (APO) – David Chien (Acting) $196,491 David.Chien@faa.gov, dc
58 Kevin Welsh Environment & Energy (AEE) – Kevin Welsh $187,500 Kevin.Welsh@faa.gov, dc
59 Chris Rocheleau International Affairs (API) – Chris Rocheleau $203,658 Christopher.Rocheleau@faa.gov, dc
60 Mark House Assistant Administrator for Finance & Management (AFN) – Mark House (Acting) $210,062 Mark.House@faa.gov, dc
61 Karen Gahart Financial Services (ABA) – Karen Gahart (Acting) $200,551 Karen.Gahart@faa.gov, dc
62 Sean Torpey Information & Technology Services (AIT) – Sean Torpey (Acting) $200,536 Sean.Torpey@faa.gov, dc
63 Nathan Tash Acquisition & Business Services (ACQ) – Nathan Tash $209,493 Nathan.Tash@faa.gov, dc
64 Wayne Heibeck Regions & Property Operations (ARA) – Wayne Heibeck $188,948 Wayne.Heibeck@faa.gov, dc
65 Adrienne Coppedge Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (AMC)—Adrienne Michelle Coppedge $197,270 Adrienne.Coppedge@faa.gov, ok