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Limited FAA Resources and Boeing's Role in Aircraft Safety
FAA has limited resources with few inspectors compared to the number of Boeing employees who best understand the aircraft. Boeing engineers are crucial for aircraft knowledge. Boeing's facility had few FAA inspectors, leading to safety concerns. Prior to the crashes, Boeing employees raised the issue of safety risks due to the Boeing-FAA relationship. This situation is similar to the challenges faced in regulating the drug industry by the FDA, with a small number of inspectors overseeing a large workforce. The federal inspectors are often underfunded and overwhelmed by the scale of the industries they regulate, including aviation and pharmaceuticals.