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Re: ISO turns evil?

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• From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
• Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:18:17 -0400
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Rick Marshall wrote:

>now imagine we tried to run electrical safety standards this way. you
>have to pay a licence fee to wire to the electrical standard...... or
>build aeroplanes... i think you get the idea
>
>so while i don't think the iso policy will worry me much, on further
>reflection i strongly agree that this is both bad policy and principle
>
>  
>

But in fact, if you want to build an aircraft you have to get it 
certificated (not including home-builts, but you still have to have a 
lot of paperwork for them), and that costs a lot of money.  That is not 
really distinguishable from paying to use standards , in a way.

Cheers,

Tom P

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