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OT - FAA to check safety compliance at all U.S. airlines
Ever wonder how companies make their numbers?
Cutting maintainance is a quick way to pump up profits...till the planes along with the people fall out of the air. One also has to ask where was the government oversight to insure maintainance is properly done. Maybe it will take Air Force One/Two falling out of the sky because of poor maintainance for this Republican Administration to catch on? TMT FAA to check safety compliance at all U.S. airlines 1 hour, 51 minutes ago U.S. aviation inspectors were ordered on Tuesday to review maintenance records at all domestic airlines to ensure carriers have complied with safety orders and other directives. The unprecedented but one-time step by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stems from alleged oversight lapses at Southwest Airlines that led the agency to propose a record fine of $10.2 million on March 6. Over the next three months, the FAA wants a snapshot of safety compliance with an array of safety directives issued over the years that required inspections or other maintenance work. Regulators do not suspect there are problems at other carriers similar to the ones uncovered at Southwest, but believe a broader review is merited as a precaution. "One carrier's noncompliance with (safety directives) makes it necessary for us to validate our system for overseeing your management of this regulatory requirement," FAA safety chief Nicholas Sabatini said in an e-mail to airlines. Southwest allegedly missed deadlines to inspect 46 Boeing Co 737 aircraft for structural flaws in 2006-07, and flew those planes after alerting the FAA about the oversight but before it completed the checks. Small fuselage cracks were found on six planes and fixed. Southwest subsequently launched an internal review of its records and found another lapsed inspection for fuselage cracks. It immediately grounded 38 planes last week. Four were found to have cracks, the airline said. The FAA action announced on Tuesday will require airlines with older 737s, like some of the aircraft flown by Southwest, to produce inspection records for structural cracks. Other than the 737 mandate, FAA inspectors are free to select which directives to review at each airline. The agency wants an initial report from the field by the end of the month and a more complete set of findings by the end of June. The goal is for inspectors to eventually cover compliance rates for 10 percent of the U.S. fleet. Congress has in recent weeks been sharply critical of FAA oversight and is planning hearings next month. The House of Representatives Transportation Committee, which triggered the investigation of Southwest that led to the fine, is now looking into the potential for similar problems at other airlines. (Reporting by John Crawley; Editing by Brian Moss) |
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OT - FAA to check safety compliance at all U.S. airlines
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Maybe it will take Air Force One/Two falling out of the sky because of poor maintainance for this Republican Administration to catch on? The military maintains Air Force One/Two, Marine One/Two, ect. Btw, why are you bitching if the FAA is doing it's job? Oh, because they work for Bushco. He will be gone soon. I'm wondering who your new rage target will be? I live in Michigan, the current governor, well into her second term, can't blame everything on Engler anymore. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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OT - FAA to check safety compliance at all U.S. airlines
On Mar 19, 11:05*am, Wes wrote:
Too_Many_Tools wrote: Maybe it will take Air Force One/Two falling out of the sky because of poor maintainance for this Republican Administration to catch on? The military maintains Air Force One/Two, Marine One/Two, ect. * Btw, why are you bitching if the FAA is doing it's job? *Oh, because they work for Bushco. *He will be gone soon. *I'm wondering who your new rage target will be? * I live in Michigan, the current governor, well into her second term, can't blame everything on Engler anymore. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." *Dick Anthony Heller Reread the story...the point is that the FAA has not been doing its job. And the Bush Administration is to blame. And they just got caught. Go ahead and fly...we'll be ducking. TMT |
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OT - FAA to check safety compliance at all U.S. airlines
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:05:41 -0400, Wes
wrote: I live in Michigan, the current governor, well into her second term, can't blame everything on Engler anymore. She needs to get the bloody axe back out and keep swinging it around the Capital... -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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