Fri, May 22, 2009
Same Airline Once Employed CC3407 Captain
The FAA is attempting to exact a
$1.3 million civil penalty from Florida-based Gulfstream
International Airlines, Inc. for violations of the FAR's.
Gulfstream has been making some news of late for also being a
former employer of the Captain of the ill-fated Continental
Connection 3407 flight.
The alleged violations include improper scheduling of flight
crew duty time, and the installation of unapproved air conditioner
compressors and improperly maintained vent blowers on the airline's
fleet of 27 BE-1900-D aircraft.
An FAA review of the airline's electronic record-keeping system
for tracking crew duty and rest time revealed that Gulfstream
International did not accurately input the proper data from its
manually generated hard-copy aircraft logbook records into the
electronic system. The discrepancies resulted in scheduling crew
members in excess of daily and weekly flight time
limitations.
During a June 2008 inspection, the FAA determined that the airline
had installed unapproved automotive air conditioner compressors on
its aircraft between September 2006 and May 2008. Following the FAA
inspection, the airline grounded all of the affected aircraft and
replaced the units with approved aircraft air conditioner
compressors.
In the course of a July 2008 inspection of Gulfstream
International avionics and component shops in Fort Lauderdale, the
FAA discovered that the airline had installed improperly maintained
vent blowers on six planes between January 2008 and June 2008.
Following that inspection, the airline replaced the blowers with
properly maintained units.
Gulfstream International Airlines has 30 days from the receipt
of the civil penalty letter to respond to the FAA.
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