Word: inspectorate
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...leaped at the chance to be Inspector General because the job combined the four things I loved most: investigations, law, aviation and public service. Truthfully, the office was tailor-made for me, and I was happy to quit my post as Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of keeping union elections honest. Everyone encouraged me to take the Inspector General job--but only if I intended to do something with...
...That would be a very interesting challenge," Dole said of the Inspector General job. "You could do some good. But be sure you know what you're getting into." I thought I knew what she meant; only later would I fully understand her warning...
...became the watchdog of the FAA. The FAA, in turn, stood guard over the airlines. But that role could be interpreted two ways: as policing the airlines to ensure safety at all costs or as protecting the airlines from any opposition or criticism. During five years as Inspector General, I came to realize that the FAA believed the statutes ordered it to champion the aviation industry...
...regularly told the NTSB that it couldn't have anything on its wish list of safety measures because of cost considerations. It told the same thing to the Inspector General, Congress and the White House. It reassured the public with the mantra "Accidents are not happening; planes are not falling...
...became apparent [to the Inspector General's office] that closer scrutiny of this phenomenon was long overdue. There were plenty of signs that ValuJet was cursed by its own success, its growth straining its management and organizational structure...