"We are down to the nub. We can't possibly provide the
oversight we're required to do."
Source: Linda Goodrich, regional vice
president for flight standards with the FAA inspectors union,
commenting on the effects of reduced manpower and funding to the
agency, to the Detroit Free Press. The FAA failed to comply with
their own mandated safety inspection program in 2003, missing
approximately one-in-four (938) scheduled inspections of the five
major domestic carriers that year.
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