Not surprised at all by this
FAA inspectors: Southwest tried to hide safety problemsFAA inspectors: Southwest tried to hide safety problems
Drowning of the government is almost complete. Fly at your own risk.
Southwest Airlines tried to keep serious problems with its maintenance program hidden and pressured the Federal Aviation Administration to keep out an inspector who noticed the problems, according to two FAA inspectors who blew the whistle on the airline.
If the terrorists don't kill us, the federal government will.
The airline also flew at least 47 planes beyond a mandatory inspection of the fuselage, or skin, of the planes for possible cracks, the inspectors said. When the inspections were carried out, six of the planes were found to have possibly dangerous cracks, they said.
Just another day in the Bush administration.