Boeing 757 pilots get new seat inspections after regulators find more faulty parts
What happened
US aviation regulators are proposing new inspection rules for pilot seats on all Boeing 757-200 airplanes. This means more planes will need checks for horizontal seat movement issues, including parts previously overlooked.
Why it matters
Aviation safety relies on regulators finding problems and forcing fixes. This document shows that a previous fix missed some of the problem. It means that some planes have been flying with potentially unsafe pilot seats for years, even after an initial safety directive was issued.
The signal
Watch for the final rule to be published and how quickly airlines comply with the expanded inspection requirements for the newly identified seat part numbers.