Swa maintenance issues?

[jke406]

Southwest Airlines, FAA accused of falsifying safety reports

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/031108dnbussouthwest.3b2e20a.html?npc


[SIZE=+1]House panel releases report that states Southwest, agency falsified safety records
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]01:49 PM CDT on Tuesday, March 11, 2008

[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected] [/SIZE]

WASHINGTON – Officials for Southwest Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration "falsified the report" that said the airline had come into compliance with rules for crucial safety inspections for jets, according to records released by a U.S. House committee.


That allegation appears in more than 90 pages of documents that suggest a culture of cronyism compromised the FAA's oversight of Southwest Airlines in Dallas. Two whistle-blowers said FAA supervisors and colleagues undermined their efforts to get Southwest to comply with federal directives.....

 

[PCL_128]

Well, this just keeps getting better and better! Comments Tejas? I thought you said this would disappear in the new week's news cycle?

 

[greenbayfan]

We missed inspections, not repairs. There is a big difference. Boeing, the FAA, and we got caught with our britches down but not one passenger has been injured.

True...just leave the passengers getting hurt part to the pilots crashing through airport boundry walls i.e. Burbank and Midway...

Inspections are inspections for a reason, if you are going to hang your hat on that ridiculous statement you need to grow up and realize that the FAA doesn't make up random inspections that cost airlines money for nothing.

And Whataburger, you are joking right? Equating this negative press to Britney Spears negative press? Only a few people have ridden Britney compared to millions on SWA, negative press for lack of safety inspections is ALWAYS a bad thing for an airline.