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The FAA just gave Boeing back the power to self-certify its planes.

The door that blew off mid-flight?

That one was certified by the FAA itself.

Starting Monday, Boeing gets to sign off on its own 737 MAX and 787 planes again.

No more government inspector double-checking the work.

The FAA took that power away in 2019, after two MAX crashes killed 346 people.

They took it away again for the 787 in 2022 over quality problems.

Now, seven years later, they’re handing it back.

Here’s the part that should stop you cold: the Alaska Airlines door plug that blew out mid-flight in January 2024, leaving a hole in the fuselage at 16,000 feet — that plane was certified by FAA inspectors themselves.

So the agency’s own direct oversight didn’t catch it either.

The FAA says eight months of side-by-side inspections show Boeing and government inspectors are finding the same problems.

On paper, that’s supposed to mean Boeing’s checks are trustworthy again.

But the real question was never who signs the paperwork.

It’s whether the culture that hid problems for years has actually changed.

That’s not something a shared checklist can prove.

Would you feel safe boarding a Boeing jet knowing the company is grading its own homework again — or does this feel too soon?

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