April 15, 2008
The Facts
Between March 27, 2008 and April 12, 2008 American Airlines voluntarily grounded 300 of their airplanes, canceling 3,300 flights. The grounding of the planes was to perform inspections of wiring harness that were mandated by the FAA. American Airlines failed to perform these inspections as scheduled for reasons yet unknown. The cancelation [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Airline Industry'
Different Views Of American Airlines Grounding Planes
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Government
Tags: Airlines·Big Business
Who’s Watching Airline Safety?
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Government
April 4, 2008
The Facts
A couple of weeks ago Southwest Airlines was forced to ground several of their planes to perform government required safety inspections that had been overdue for as long as 30 months. Southwest was fined over $10 million for the violation. Since then several other airlines have voluntarily grounded hundreds of their planes [...]
Tags: Airlines·Government
Is US Financing China’s Military Build Up?
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments · World Events
March 4, 2008
The Facts
According to the Pentagon, China spent as much as $139 billion on their military in 2007. A large chunk of this was spent on trying to steal information from the United States.
Tags: American jobs·NAFTA
United Airlines Outsourcing Maintenance to China
December 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Big Business
December 20, 2007
The Facts
CNN filed a report tonight on the status of United Airlines’ outsourcing of the maintenance on their airplanes to China. In China, only supervisors are required to be licensed. China does not require drug & alcohol testing, and no background checks for security are performed.
My View
Outsourcing; this has become a dirty word to [...]
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Airline Passenger Rights Bill
December 19th, 2007 · No Comments · General
December 19, 2007
The Facts
A new airlines “Passenger Rights Bill” is supposed to take effect January 1, 2008. There is a lot of talk about this on the news and in other sources. All of the airlines are fighting to prevent the bill from passage.
My View
The only thing you hear on the TV when the bill [...]
Tags: Big Business
