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MarketWatch
Market Pulse: FAA to fine Independence Air $1.5 million
Thursday July 21, 4:40 pm ET
By Rex Nutting

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $1.5 million fine against Atlantic Coast Airlines, now doing business as Independence Air , for operating thousands of flights last September and October that were not in compliance with FAA regulations, the agency said Thursday. The FAA said the company has taken corrective actions. The airline has 30 days to respond to the FAA's proposed civil penalty. The FAA said one plane went 455 flights past its regular heavy maintenance inspection
 
The FAA said one plane went 455 flights past its regular heavy maintenance inspection
There has got to be more to the story than this. You dont just forget to spend several hundred thousand dollars on heavy MX.
 
Yes you do, especially when you don't have the money to spend!
Money really doesn't matter when the FAA shuts you down for blatant negligence. Sorry, if they were that short the doors would close.
 
Old news.

The violations occurred under the old ACA banner and during a time when company was switching maintenance computer programs. This news is at least 18 months old if not older - only the fine is just now being announced by the FAA (where all things move with blinding speed).

As to 455 flights - In the D328 jet making tons of 30, 45, and 60 minute flights a day all over Ohio (CVG) - that is exactly one calendar month. So one plane due to have heavy maint by JUL31 got its record screwed up and went to AUG 31. This is not like a 17 year old 747 went a whole year without maintenance - this was a barely 3 year old airplane that was having engines swapped monthly due to P&W's great 605 fan blade experiment and was having all it's daily checks and other service checks - it just missed a month due to a record screw up.

The company "self-disclosed" all these violations when they became evident with the new computer system - the FAA did not find them, ACA did.

So, the fine has been levied, it can be appealed or reduced and 1.5 million is about what they are losing every day, so this just turns out to be a 366 day year.

Move on folks - nothing to see here - nothing at all.
 
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As to 455 flights - In the D328 jet making tons of 30, 45, and 60 minute flights a day all over Ohio (CVG) - that is exactly one calendar month.

There is no way you can cramm in 455 flights into one month. Thats over 15 segments per day. Even on a frantic schedule with ultra short flights and no overnight to speak of, 12 segments per day is a tall order.
 

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