03-07-2008, 02:27 PM
Quote:Scary stuff.
By the way, do airports check the maintanance data of all planes that land there? Or is there another body that checks these things?
I mean I'm happy that this came out, but if nobody actually checks regularly if companies obey the rules this might happen (or is happening) likely on a much larger scale.
The FAA is the government body which makes the regulations and has inspectors to see them through. The most disconcerting part of the story is that FAA inspectors apparently did catch the infractions, and their managers chose not to do anything about it. I'd guess that flying Southwest will be a heck of a lot safer than driving through Columbus every day, even if they never inspect the darn rudder, but if we are going to have regulations they ought to be enforced properly.