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The Federal Aviation Administration is hoping the safety-related groundings of commercial airplanes that caused havoc for 300,000 passengers around the country last week won't continue into the heavy summer travel season. But the man charged with protecting federal whistle-blowers tells TIME he's got additional cases...
Scott Bloch, the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel - charged with protecting federal whistle-blowers - says he is investigating several new cases involving possibly flawed compliance with airworthiness directives that could lead to more groundings. "There are additional revelations about oversight issues with regard to airline safety that...
The cop in this scenario is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The agency responsible for policing the safety of the nation's airlines has been under intense pressure over the last few weeks, ever since an investigation by the House Transportation Committee revealed in March that an FAA supervisor allowed...
The canceled flights and compensation add up, but this won't be a knockout punch for American, which expects to be back to normal service by Sunday. A much bigger worry for every airline is fuel costs, which have doubled over the last year. That's what's behind the...
Unfortunately, stricter enforcement by the FAA - something that passenger advocates certainly welcome - will not necessarily mean a better summer travel season. Airlines are under even greater cost pressure than they were last summer, when one in three flights suffered delays. And changing the culture of the FAA so it's...