Tue, Apr 15, 2008
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually
derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick
quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and
issues.
Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the
content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if
particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become
future Quotes of the Day.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"I think this will go on for a while as airlines realign
themselves and the FAA adjusts its attitude to be rigorous with the
airlines and not partners with them, not treating them as
customers. I think we can expect more aircraft being pulled out of
service because they weren't inspected when they should have
been... [airlines] have to do a vastly better job of scheduling
their aircraft for maintenance so that work can be done without
inconveniencing the traveling public. It's now reached a crisis
point beyond the inspection dates that they've had to take large
numbers of aircraft out of service in order to conduct the
inspections that should have been done on a routine
basis."
Source: Minnesota Congressman James Oberstar,
who has led the charge against the Federal Aviation Administration,
calling on the agency to more strictly regulate its own procedures
governing the oversight of US domestic carriers. His name also is
synonymous with recent FAA action -- some would say overreaction --
concerning those airlines' compliance with safety procedures and
inspections, which resulted in thousands of flight cancellations
over the past month.
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