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Ky Warns Max Crisis Could Alter FAA-EASA Relationship
The EASA director affirms de-alignment concerns expressed by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury.
EASA executive director Patrick Ky (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by DGLR e.V.)
EASA executive director Patrick Ky (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by DGLR e.V.)

European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky signaled that the Boeing 737 Max grounding and the privileged relationship Boeing allegedly enjoyed with the FAA during the certification of the model could trigger a “very strong change” in the hierarchy of the relationship between the certification authorities, affirming a concern of a “de-alignment” of the FAA and EASA, expressed on several occasions by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. Speaking during an exchange of views with the European Parliament’s transport committee on Tuesday, Ky said that the FAA finds itself in a “very difficult situation.”


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