Despite the FAA's recent to-do over skipped fuselage fatigue
inspections... and the cancellation of over 3,300 commercial
airline flights due to (barely) out-of-spec wiring harnesses...
officials say the agency shouldn't lose sight of real problems in
the face of its headline-making crackdown on airline safety. In
other words, according to those authorities... it's the runway
incursions, stupid.
A missing laptop, belonging to a Mesa Airlines pilot, caused a
ripple effect to spread throughout numerous airports across the
United States this month.
It's happened to all of us. Stuck in the middle seat on a
crowded commercial flight to Memphis, we turn to the onboard
SkyMall catalog for some relief, escape, and even some mild
humor... and before too long, the notion of spending $200 for a
Trailer Hitch Stand And Chairs* seems not only completely
reasonable, but absolutely necessary!
It's not uncommon for airplanes flying over the Rocky Mountain
region of the western United States to experience turbulent
conditions... particularly in the spring and summer, as the ground
warms. But passengers onboard a recent United Airlines flight say
what they experienced was anything but routine.
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