Strike-Burdened Managers Say... Don't Worry
Northwest Airlines' flight attendants who are crossing picket
lines set up by striking mechanics on this fourth day of job
action, say they're worried about the safety of the aircraft they
fly in. The FAs are flooding their own union's phone lines with
complaints about what they see when they watch mechanics work on
their planes.
As recovery teams in Peru continued the grim task of trying to
account for all those aboard a Peruvian 737 that went down in a
swamp less than two miles from its destination, the number of
survivors went up by two Wednesday. That brings to 59 the number of
passengers who were able to get out of the wreckage alive.
AD NUMBER: 2005-17-07
MANUFACTURER: Airbus
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-17-07
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A320-111 airplanes and
Model A320-200 series airplanes. This AD requires doing a one-time
general visual inspection of the axle nut on each main landing gear
(MLG) wheel for the presence of locking bolts and associated
hardware; doing any related investigative and corrective actions as
applicable; and submitting an inspection report to the
manufacturer.
AD NUMBER: 2005-17-08
MANUFACTURER: Airbus
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-17-08
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A321 series airplanes.
AD NUMBER: 2005-17-10
MANUFACTURER: SAAB
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-17-10
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 airplanes.
AD NUMBER: 2005-17-09
MANUFACTURER: Boeing
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-17-09
SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing
airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model
747, 757, 767, and 777 series airplanes.
As many as 70 passengers are feared dead in Tuesday's crash of
an airliner in the jungles of northeastern Peru, the fifth crash
worldwide of a commercial airliner this month.
UPS says it's ordered eight 747-400 freighters, bringing to 21
the total number of jumbo jets ordered so far this year. That's a
far cry from the three that were ordered in 2003 and more than
twice the ten that were ordered last year.
Well, you knew it was coming. In these days of reinforced
cockpit doors and puffer-sniffer portals in the terminal, you knew
eventually that Big Brother would be watching you.