The document discusses self-certification in the aviation industry, where companies like Boeing were allowed to certify 96% of their own work without oversight from the FAA. While self-certification cuts costs and saves time, it presents disadvantages like leniency, potential manipulation of guidelines, covering up flaws, and lack of redundancy checks that an outside party would provide. The Boeing 737 MAX crashes highlighted issues with the self-certification process.
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Zarith 201021743 - Case Study Report q3 PPT - Zarith, Arjun, Abdo Group (1)
The document discusses self-certification in the aviation industry, where companies like Boeing were allowed to certify 96% of their own work without oversight from the FAA. While self-certification cuts costs and saves time, it presents disadvantages like leniency, potential manipulation of guidelines, covering up flaws, and lack of redundancy checks that an outside party would provide. The Boeing 737 MAX crashes highlighted issues with the self-certification process.
The document discusses self-certification in the aviation industry, where companies like Boeing were allowed to certify 96% of their own work without oversight from the FAA. While self-certification cuts costs and saves time, it presents disadvantages like leniency, potential manipulation of guidelines, covering up flaws, and lack of redundancy checks that an outside party would provide. The Boeing 737 MAX crashes highlighted issues with the self-certification process.
Lessons for Engineering Ethics (Question 3) MOHAMAD ZARITH BIN ZAINUDIN 201021743 ARJUN THEV ABDO Introduction - Self-certification (aviation) – a practice of approving design, safety, components and the likes that complies regulatory standards without a middle-man - Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) allowed various flights/airplanes like the Boeing 737 MAX to be self-certified by Boeing since 2005. - Boeing was noted to have self-certified around 96% of their work in up-till 2020 - Self-Certification is still a common practice in the USA’s aviation industry - Self-Certification based on regulatory standards set by the USA and FAA Disadvantages - Leniency - Manipulation of guidelines - Cover-up flaws - Selective cert. guidelines - Improper understanding - Lack of knowledge for proper self-certification directives - No redundancy checking via different parties Advantages - Greatly cut overall cost and saves time scheduling due to not needing a middle- man like the FAA for certification of manufactured products - Maximizes resources by avoiding duplication of efforts - Removes a lot of confrontation on site between different parties due to not having any middle-man