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NEW YORK - The Southwest Airlines incident may just be an indication of a much larger problem. It all has to do with the relationship between the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines the agency is supposed to regulate. When an airline is caught by the agency for safety violations, the FAA often announces huge fines against that airline. B stanley cup usa ut how many of those fines actually get paid CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg reports that the FAA s system of fining airlines for maintenance problems isn t working, according to at least one fo stanley quencher rmer National Transportation Safety Board member. I don t know of a stu stanley cups dy that has ever been done by the FAA or anyone else that can correlate the fines to improving safety, former NTSB member John Goglia said.Boeing didn t expect 737 cracks so soonFAA orders emergency inspections of Boeing jetsSouthwest: 5 jetliners found to have cracks In 2007, the FAA found that Southwest Airlines had improperly inspected 46 of its planes for metal fatigue, and when re-inspected, all were discovered to have cracks. The FAA slapped the company with a $10.5 million fine. A year later, however, Southwest had the fine knocked down to $7.5 million. News of more cracks this week raise questions about the effectiveness of those fines. There is very little incentive if the airline doesn t feel the pain of the fine. The ultimate victim is safety, said ex-Rep. James Oberstar, former chairman of the House Tra Coyf Is Black Friday dead Fewer will shop on day after Thanksgiving
Several heavily-armed police officers have converged on a bank northwest of Atlanta after reports of man claiming to have a bomb with possible hostages inside.WSB-TV reports that its newsroom received a call Friday morning from the man wh af1 o said he was inside and talked for more than 30 minutes.Cobb County Police Chief Mike Register told the news station that officers are in contact with the man.The Cobb County Department of Transportation said in a brief statement Friday morning that a stretch of a heavily airmaxplus -traveled road in the area is closed due to police activity. The agency was advising motorists to avoid the area.Cobb County police did not immediately respond to requests af1 for the information about the situation. |
