The hero of the "miracle of the Hudson" has criticized Boeing and the FAA for negligence

The hero of "Miracle of the Hudson", the captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberg, criticized Tuesday in an article the role of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, inquiring about the lack of resources to avoid accidents like those in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Sully, who in 2009 managed to earn a Airbus A320 on the river Hudson Off the coast of New York, Marketwatch explains on its economic portal that cuts to the federal agency have prevented the necessary supervision of commercial aircraft, exacerbated by the pressure felt by Boeing before the progress of its European rival

The veteran pilot, who worked for 30 years for the US Airways airline, also complained about the lack of supervisory staff, which prevents a correct revision of the models, as well as the relationship "Too much" between the industry and regulators.

"In too many cases, FAA employees that in their legislation, they have asked to respect safety standards more strictly and to choose the models more rigorously have been disavowed by their superiors, who they are often under political or industrial pressure"says the pilot.

"Supervision must mean responsibility or mean nothing", points out in the article.

The FAA, for its part, reacted through a spokesperson, stating that "the FAA aircraft certification processes are well established and have always allowed the design of safe aircraft". The 737 MAX certification program was standards compliant. from the FAA ".

For SullyBoeing is not immune to criticism, the competition from Airbus having made him want to launch his new aircraft model on the market as soon as possible, and when they detected errors in the certification standards, they just created a software to fix it without warning the drivers: "By mitigating a risk, it seems that they have created an even greater risk. ", regrets.

"Boeing is striving to protect its product and defend its position, but the best way, in fact, the only way to protect the brand is to defend those who use it. We must not forget that the basis of the business, which makes this business possible, it's the trust ", certifies the author of the miraculous collapse.

"In this global aviation industry, which is extremely cost competitive, nothing is more expensive than an accident., ditch.

The aerospace giant appeared to return today, after leaving about $ 25 billion in the markets last week, and up 1.17% two hours from the close of the session on Wall Street.