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The American Airlines 727 that lands each morning at Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados carries not only vacationers but also an impressive load of paperwork. In order to cut costs on the processing of passenger ticket-coupons collected at its boarding gates, American flies daily an average of 1...
Well, you know, years six and seven of a two-term Administration, people always say that, because the curdling gets so bad you can smell it from a mile away. And that draws even the comedians who normally just talk about TV commercials and airlines into the fray. I mean...
The FAA is responsible for certifying and then continually examining aircraft design, airline operations, airplanes, pilots, mechanics, repair stations, aircraft parts--essentially every stage of commercial aviation. The agency does this with one basic tool: inspections. The nearly 3,000 FAA inspectors are the main link between the government and...
Inspectors did an abysmal job of examining the nation's aircraft operators. Countless required or recommended inspections were never conducted, while others were carried out so perfunctorily that they were meaningless, and still more revealed problems that went unreported just to spare the airlines any inconvenience. Inspections of planes, pilots...
We knew inspections were haphazard, but some of the examples were simply ludicrous. In 1995 Delta Airlines planes underwent nearly 13,000 inspections--but received only seven violations. The inspectors rarely did the paperwork necessary to follow up on the few problems they uncovered.