Word: faa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida swamps killed 110 people, shook up the FAA and made Mary Schiavo a star. What exactly happened? The FAA will release a full report Tuesday at a public NTSB meeting...
...many of the families for staying with them all night at the airport when Flight 800 went down, and for personally shepherding assistance and support for them in the immediate aftermath. Still, the Mayor's words cannot take the place of the one thing the NTSB and the FAA have been so far unable to give them: a reason...
...American public was lucky to have an Inspector General like Schiavo, who knew her job and cared about what she was doing. The FAA should have a watchdog with teeth. JOAN HEDENKLINT Lidingo, Sweden...
...operates with the concept of "an acceptable level of accidents,'' typical cost-vs.-benefit thinking. Technical maintenance and pilot training are not only important safety items, they are also very expensive. There is a big difference between the minimum standards employed and the highest standards reasonably achievable. When the FAA watchdogs are not watching, guess which the public is offered? KNUT ANFINDSEN, Retired Flight Captain Stabekk, Norway...
After reading about the ancient computers and costly inefficiency of the IRS, I had to check the date of your story to make sure I wasn't reading your earlier article about the FAA. I am not sure which makes me angrier: the waste of my tax dollars on worthless fixes or a system that allows cheats to get away with tax scams. We must urge Congress to allot the IRS enough money to achieve the efficiency that is our right. The public will pay one way or another, and I prefer to get a system that will take...