Old story... This topic was discussed in quite a few threads in here... Do a search on it and you'll see for yourself. ;) All of the welds have been re-inspected and it seems that there all good to go, or another "Whitewash" is going on with the press... Nothing new as it's been going on from time to time for years in various sectors of the defense industries, and it seems that the checks & balances designed within the auditing practices do indeed work!
On another note, is Brazil still hiring American certified welders because they lack enough certifed welders themselves Giovanni???
Do you get the television program called "60 Minutes" in Sao Paulo, Brazili
They're still critical welds nonetheless Giovanni...
The only difference between what you're implying is the fact that they're not critically defective or anywhere near being defective at all.
Respectfully,
Henry