If “smoke displacement technology” can permit pilots to see in the presence of blinding, continuous smoke, why hasn’t the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandated it for the airlines?
A. That is a question the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation (DOT) pondered. In response to questions during a Senate aviation subcommittee hearing on 18 May 2004, the DOT Inspector General replied in writing: “It is perplexing that FAA has equipped its own aircraft but has not mandated similar action for the commercial transport fleet.
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