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The FAA as government gets huge support from big corporations (bribes and other help, partnerships and funding), so of course has to do something for the favor. I doubt some random youtuber(s) can offer continued support to the government, so they are not at all in a similar power position. I am amazed that this is surprising to educated people.

>>sfe22+(OP)
Educated people can still have faith in the good, and be surprised at failings. I was intrigued that the famous Jewish theologian and civil rights activist Abraham Joshua Heschel included surprise as a kind of virtue: "I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale."

>>sfe22+(OP)
The FAA was to deep into bed with, e.g. Boeing, true. For everything else you claim, I'd like to see some evidence so.

I am surprised educated people can come up with unsubstentiated claims like that.

>>sfe22+(OP)
It's not surprising to everyone here.

It's just brought up as a topic of discussion. Everyone is pretty much aware of what you said.

What isn't fully spelled out is that there are social relationships involved as well. Responsible parties are buddy buddy with regulators while this YouTuber probably pissed off a regulator with his dumb antics so the regulator is unreasonably likely going all out in a fit of annoyance.