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When the FAA dribbled out preliminary results about each carrier last December, experts were stunned at some of the odd results that Lacey presented. For example, United, which has some of the most sophisticated safety-monitoring systems in the world, fared poorly. Experts familiar with United's safety program say the FAA's narrow checklist could not accurately assess the complexity or size of United's multiple systems. Other airlines got high marks for actions many experts consider largely symbolic, such as requiring the top safety officer to report directly to the airline...
Weatherall works internationally on issues such as what he calls "avoidance"--carrier detection, counseling and prenatal diagnosis...
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...most pernicious risk in flying these days--delayed flights--is not covered by law but instead by Department of Transportation regulations, which offer only guidelines for what a carrier must do. That boils down to rebooking you on another one of its flights or endorsing your ticket over to another carrier. But if weather is the cause of the problem, the airline can just label it an act of God and make you sit and wait for the delayed plane to take off, no matter how long that may be. "Airplane flights are complex events," says Terry Trippler, president...
...selling TWA to JAG instead of AA help matters? The problem with diversity in the airline business, some experts say, is that there's a reason why TWA went out of business in the first place. David Stempler, president of the Air Travelers Association, told the senators that the carrier, solvent or not, would be unlikely to survive...