Transcript of Hearing 12/12/97 - TWA Flight 800 Investigation

12671cancellations do not affect your regulations.2In other words,I think we can find instances34567where the most either specifications or standards arecited as possible or acceptable means of achieving agoal.A Well, if a mil standard that has beencancelled is an acceptable means of compliance with a8regulation,the fact that it has been cancelled9wouldn’t change that fact.The real issue, is the1011process contained within that mil spec one that stillis appropriate for a particular regulatory compliance.12QMy -- I believe my point would be, sir, that131415161718192021if the specification is not being reviewed by acompetent technical authority within the FAA, perhapsthe specification becomes obsolete or inappropriate.A Well, you have to remember that we reviewevery application of a standard during typecertification of a product. Well, every –– in thesense that the ones that are really critical to thedesign, because some we delegate to the designees toreview in our behalf.22so,if there were a standard that were2324heretofore acceptable for use on an airplane, and thedesign of that airplane was so radical from previous25designs,that would cause us to look at the continuedCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500