Wonder Who Gordo Had To Bribe?

[Dizel8]

Yesterday the FAA published a Final Rule on 'Aircraft Assembly Placard Requirements', whereby from June 2005 all US-operated aircraft (and probably all aircraft flying to the US) will have to fit seat-back placards specifying the country of assembly of the aircraft.

For example USA
or FRANCE
or GERMANY

Now what safety-related passenger information function does that perform, I wonder?

P.S. Maybe they should list the foreign made parts content to, nah Boeing would be against that!

http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/rulemaking/rinai24.htm

 

[sfb]

Perhaps you should learn to read a bit more carefully, since the rule clearly states:

In Section 810 of the FAA Reauthorization Act (December 11, 2003),
the Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to require that
each air carrier providing scheduled passenger air transportation
display, by June 12, 2005, a notice that informs passengers of the
country in which the aircraft they are aboard was finally assembled.
This information is to be provided on a notice or placard available to
each passenger on the aircraft.

 

[Dizel8]

sfb,

It was a joke. CAL is one of the few airlines that is all Boeing and this board was very quiet.

Other large all Boeing companies are SWA, Airtran....?

 

[cob777200]

Its not a bad idea....not many things are made in the US now and it will be nice to see the "Made in USA" on ours birds.

 

[Dizel8]

Well, it may be semantics, but it will not be Made in the USA, it will be final assembly in the USA.

The 7E7, like the Airbus, will be made from parts manufactured around the world, but final assembly takes place in the USA.

Now the question is, will GM cars assembled south of the border carry this sticker, will Hondas assembled in the US say Made in the USA? Will gas stations be required to show the origin of the fuel?