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...flight from Casper, Wyoming, to Denver, forcing an off-duty pilot to occupy the plane's only bathroom. But last week Mesa agreed to fly right by signing a Federal Aviation Administration order requiring the carrier to improve its operations and pay a $500,000 fine. The FAA will halve the penalty if fast-growing Mesa meets deadlines for steps ranging from improving crew training to adding more flight and maintenance personnel...
...cities in 30 states. Borne aloft by the industry's good times, Mesa had strong profit growth in the second quarter. Yet Risley concedes that "we fell short of customers' expectations," and he vows to do "whatever it takes" to improve service. Apparently, it takes an FAA order...
...bomb theory go to the dogs? After finding traces of explosives on the wreckage, investigators ordered federal agencies to check into how the chemicals could have got on the plane other than via a bomb. One area examined was an faa program that requires the periodic recertification of bomb-sniffing dogs by placing real chemicals on empty planes. Finally, local airport records led to the St. Louis police canine unit...
England is also well ahead in developing stronger fuselages that can withstand blast damage. (The FAA is largely focusing its efforts on strengthening the containers that carry luggage, and not the entire plane.) But such improvements have their costs: they could boost an airplane's weight, and reduce by 10 or 20 the number of seats available. That could raise the price of a ticket some $50."They know these containers work, and they know they'd make detection cheaper, faster and more accurate," says Monetti. "But the airlines say they're too expensive...
Debates over cost infuriate some critics of the FAA. These days, about 75% of the agency's $8 billion annual budget is paid out of the Aviation Trust Fund--money collected from a 10% tax, which recently expired, levied on air fares. As the FAA's share of those revenues has risen--freeing billions for other federal programs--the portion of the trust fund earmarked for airport and safety improvements has fallen from $1.9 billion in 1992 to $1.4 billion this year, a cut of more than 25%. "The money is collected for aviation, and it should be spent...