Reuters (March 14)
“Boeing’s belatedly grounded jets” serve as “an apt symbol of the erosion of U.S. soft power. After saying there was no problem in the wake of two crashes,” the FAA followed the lead of other governments and banned the 737 MAX.” These days, “even allies are increasingly skeptical of Washington’s leadership.” It is challenging to measure “the influence a country wields though its cultural, technological and economic strength,” but the U.S. fell “to fourth in the Soft Power 30 ranking last summer, from top of the list just two years earlier.”
Tags: 737 MAX, Allies, Belated, Boeing, Crashes, FAA, Grounded, Influence, Leadership, Skeptical, Soft power, U.S.
Fortune (July 24)
Thousands of business jets “could soon be grounded” throwing a massive wrench in the “business aviation industry—which employs 1.2 million people and contributes $150 billion to U.S. economic output…but there’s little chance the FAA will extend the deadline” to install ADS-B transmitters that communicate flight data. Potentially, “more than 17,000” of 26,700 business jets could be “grounded on the first day of 2020.”
Tags: ADS-B transmitters, Business jets, Deadline, Economic output, FAA, Flight data, Grounded, U.S.
