Should have waited a week or two for the "big announcement" How much did RJet pay for Frontier again? Because another 380K is making the deal kinda stinky.
The
Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it plans to assess a $380,000 civil penalty against
Frontier Airlines of Denver, alleging a violation concerning exit signs on some jets.
In a statement, the FAA said that “in 2008 and 2009, Frontier reconfigured the passenger cabins on some of its Airbus A-318s and -319s to permit dual-aisle access to the overwing emergency exits. However, the airline did not replace the existing placards with placards showing the new configuration, as required. The placards are in place to tell passengers how to operate the overwing exits. Frontier then operated these aircraft with the wrong placards in place.”
The problem involved about 900 flights, the FAA said.
Frontier — a subsidiary of
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. of Indianapolis — has 30 days to respond to the proposed fine.
Republic spokesman Carlo Bertolini told the Associated Press that the company does not believe the issue affected passenger safety, adding that the airline will use the incident to improve its compliance programs.
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