FAA wanted to shut down Gulfstream Airlines in 2008

[ualdriver]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...e-grounded-in-2008-over-safety-practices.html

Ran into this over in Bloomberg....

 

[SEVEN]

They should still be shut down.

 

[Raoul Duke]

sounds like the inspector got in over his head

 

[Oakum_Boy]

And Continental continues to do business with these clowns. Not only Gulfstream but Colgan as well.

 

[ex j-41]

FAA seems concerned about dispatchers working 10 hrs. Wonder what kind of a job they would do if they had to consistantly work 14 and sometimes 15?

 

[Cardinal]

Meanwhile during a similar timeframe limp-wristed armchair captains on this board were excoriating a Gulfstream captain for refusing an airplane. :erm:

 

[Raoul Duke]

the article makes it pretty clear that the mx write up issue was not the basis for the fine. I think the Armchair Captians were right - the mx was deferred within the scope of their maintenance and flight ops procedures and there was no issue with the deferral.

 

[kmox29]

FAA seems concerned about dispatchers working 10 hrs. Wonder what kind of a job they would do if they had to consistantly work 14 and sometimes 15?

Absolutely agree. I'm still waiting on the revised duty/rest regulations that should have been issued YEARS ago. It's embarrassing that it's taking this long.