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...course, not all students are embracing the cellular phone movement. Lacey R. Whitmire ’05 and friends were complaining about how many rings had gone off during the expository writing placement test yesterday...
...airlines--have kept some information to themselves to foster frank internal discussions of mistakes, near mistakes or problems, and to find ways to improve. (The practice is not unusual--hospitals and doctors, for instance, do likewise.) According to several people present at the July meeting, Nick Lacey, the FAA's head of flight standards, assured the airline reps that the audits would not be made public. Last week Lacey, through a spokeswoman, denied specifically to TIME that he ever made such assurances...
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...
...private meetings with airline officials over the past few weeks, FAA regulators have acknowledged that the audits had flaws and that mistakes were made. But the agency isn't backing down. "I understand that no one likes to be inspected," says Lacey, "and they may not like our findings. But I think airlines would agree that their safety programs are stronger today than before...
...possible, they will come only when we are willing to set aside our agendas, honor our values and work together to seek compassionate and creative solutions. We must care. TIME's willingness to write about this topic put a horrible reality right before our eyes. SISTER LAURA SWAN Lacey, Wash...