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Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole and FAA Chief Donald Engen insisted that the problems, which were concentrated for the most part among commuter airlines, are being solved without compromising passenger safety. Fully 95% of all carriers are in compliance with federal rules, they emphasized. But public concerns over airline safety violations remain. A week ago, for instance, the FAA grounded Iowa-based American Central. Just one day earlier, a plane operated by Provincetown-Boston Airline, which had resumed flying after a similar suspension, crashed in Jacksonville, killing all 13 Elizabeth Dole people aboard...
...pilot training and falsification of inspection records. Before it was grounded, P.B.A. was the largest commuter airline in the country, carrying 4,000 passengers daily, mostly in Florida and New England. P.B.A. had resumed flying only twelve days before last week's crash. Congress plans to ask the FAA why it returned P.B.A.'s license so soon. "There was a lot of pressure to get this carrier back in the skies again," said Congressman Dan Glickman of Kansas. "We need to find out if the FAA acted properly in reopening the carrier...
...that the crash was a total failure. The FAA's overall purpose had been to monitor with sensors and cameras exactly what happens when a big passenger jet crashes. The Government was also trying out equipment that could make crashes more survivable, including rearward-facing seats and fire-resistant windows...
...FAA action put 1,500 employees out of work and left five small cities without any scheduled airline service. Many of those familiar with PBA expressed faith in the company. Said Isidore Eisner, manager of the New Bedford, Mass., Municipal Airport: "PBA has a proud and good reputation." Most PBA employees felt that the FAA action had been too drastic. Said Robin Hamilton, who sells charter flights for the airline: "I've never had one minute's hesitation jumping on one of our planes. This is the best job I ever...
...FAA has recently grounded several small airlines for safety problems. Last year, under FAA pressure, Air Illinois suspended flights for six weeks. Four months after the airline started flying again, it was forced to file for bankruptcy. Whether PBA can survive depends on how quickly and convincingly it can make amends with Government officials. Last week the agency approved PBA's initial plan for bringing its operating procedures into line and allowed the airline to resume some flights. PBA's plan, though, requires the airline to retest its pilots and rewrite its training manual and may take weeks...