Overview
- The FAA announced the proposal on Thursday, June 25, saying it will mirror some European Union Aviation Safety Agency requirements to reduce duplicate tests and paperwork.
- The agency plans to cut the use of exemptions, special conditions, and equivalent-safety findings to shorten the time and lower the cost of type certification.
- The move arrives as the FAA and EASA report final-stage progress on approving Boeing 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 variants, showing reform and active, model-specific reviews are advancing together.
- Regulators say safety will be maintained or improved by modernizing airworthiness standards and boosting information exchange and joint validation between the two agencies.
- If adopted, manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, and Bombardier could see faster, more predictable approvals that lower program costs and speed new planes into service.