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Mechanics ask FAA to assign more inspectors to American

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American Airlines' mechanics unions have urged the Federal Aviation Administration to assign additional inspectors to the carrier, saying a recent court order potentially threatens the safety of American's operation (www.flightglobal.com) More...

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patpylot
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the corporate credo of cut, cut, slash when considering overhaul costs, mechanics hours, gives far too much belief in the competency of federal regulators ( FAA- the missing regulatory agency that deals with airplanes and pilots and passengers) and the conscience of the MRO industry, in particular the offshore MRO operations. Inspectors always find things that need to be fixed, tightened, removed or replaced, and some of those things are flight critical. And accident preventitive....
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linbb
linbb -5
And since you seem to know so much why are you not working for the FAA then. WOW you are so great at things you know nothing about.
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