I was talking to someone in this industry, and he was lamenting the fact that there is  revolving door between Boeing and the FAA, who runs these tests.<p>He said the consequence is that the testing is less stringent for Boeing planes than for Airbus planes, since it is often their friends (and sometimes their own design!) being tested.<p>You would think these tests have a fixed set of outcomes, but it turns out there is a lot of flexibility allowed by the testers.  Which makes sense since they make the rules and want to make sure those Boeing planes are passing.<p>They justify it by saying that it&#x27;s only fair since Airbus is funded by the government (not realizing how much Boeing is subsidized by the government too).<p>It&#x27;s made me wary of flying on Boeing equipment.