This is probably a good time to temporarily take some airplanes out of use to check out their safety. Easter is past, the Memorial Day weekend is still nearly two months away, the summer vacation season hasn''t started yet, and with the poor economy (resulting in fewer business trips, and less money in people''s pockets for personal travel until they get their "economic stimulus" checks), and with the fuel costs of every plane flight being so high for every flight, who could think of any better time to take some planes out of use, in order to give them safety checks?
"The bottom line is ... flying is safer today than at anytime in the past," acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell said at a briefing Wednesday. "It''s no accident or miracle."
No, ONly that the Dems took over control of Congress - just a year ago - anyone noticing all the changes taking place, stuff that''s been the norm for over 7years. Cheers!
CBS reports, ""The bottom line is ... flying is safer today than at anytime in the past," acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell said at a briefing Wednesday. "It''s no accident or miracle." --- Sturgell probably has the poster in his office titled, "Safety is no accident." Clearly, it sounds good to Sturgell to appear proactive.
But the real import of this news is the FAA is finally coming to grips with effectiue regulation as the very basis of the airline market.
Back when "deregulation" began for the airlines, the focus was on price competition, but did not abolish the safety inspection regimes in place. These safety measures have become only more complex and are a major overhead for the airlines.
Boeing sells its airliners on the promise of cost effectiveness-- but its airliner designs are complex enough, their maintenance offsets the anticipated savings. Result? The airlines cut corners, or even violate the law.
One commuter pilot announced he would retire at a relatively young age, and after a good safety record. Asked why he would give up his promising career, he confessed the commuter airline industry was so marginally profitable after deregulation, he worried about safety. His company, he speculated, might take risks with parts quality that could contribute to an accident.
There is no more oversight in our country. Bush has taken it all away and given it to the Good Job Brownies who are mindless incompetent cronies of politics and corporatism.
To compound it all, Nancy Pelosi took impeachment off the table because she was pressured by political elites such as AIPAC not to open up any investigations that might lead to embarassing repercussions.
Our government gives these airlines billions of dollars to stop them from going bankrupt and they can''t even keep their equipement up to safety standards. Bet all that money from our tax dollars lined the pockets of their executives. We should have let them fail. New Airlines would have come into the picture, and taken up the slack.
How about flying planes to foreign countries for cheaper labor. I guess human lives have a dollar value too! Posted by fstop100 at 06:08 PM
I sense some discontent in your statement. Sir, would you please step into the room over there. Someone will come to pat you down. Hang on to your I.D. SEKURITEEE! !
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No, ONly that the Dems took over control of Congress - just a year ago - anyone noticing all the changes taking place, stuff that''s been the norm for over 7years. Cheers!
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Sturgell probably has the poster in his office titled, "Safety is no accident." Clearly, it sounds good to Sturgell to appear proactive.
But the real import of this news is the FAA is finally coming to grips with effectiue regulation as the very basis of the airline market.
Back when "deregulation" began for the airlines, the focus was on price competition, but did not abolish the safety inspection regimes in place. These safety measures have become only more complex and are a major overhead for the airlines.
Boeing sells its airliners on the promise of cost effectiveness-- but its airliner designs are complex enough, their maintenance offsets the anticipated savings. Result? The airlines cut corners, or even violate the law.
One commuter pilot announced he would retire at a relatively young age, and after a good safety record. Asked why he would give up his promising career, he confessed the commuter airline industry was so marginally profitable after deregulation, he worried about safety. His company, he speculated, might take risks with parts quality that could contribute to an accident.
To compound it all, Nancy Pelosi took impeachment off the table because she was pressured by political elites such as AIPAC not to open up any investigations that might lead to embarassing repercussions.
We should have let them fail. New Airlines would have come into the picture, and taken up the slack.
How about flying planes to foreign countries for cheaper labor. I guess human lives have a dollar value too!
Posted by fstop100 at 06:08 PM
I sense some discontent in your statement.
Sir, would you please step into the room over there.
Someone will come to pat you down.
Hang on to your I.D.
SEKURITEEE! !