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FAA Fines ASA - Safety Violations

LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22053 posts, RR: 51
Posted (8 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1361 times:

FAA proposes a $400,000 civil penalty against Atlantic Southeast Airlines for operating a CRJ aircraft when not in compliance with FARs.

FAA alleges ASA operated a CRJ on 49 revenue flights over 8-day period without an authorized signature on the airworthiness release and without an appropriate entry in the aircraft’s flight discrepancy log following maintenance work.

Press release:
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=13928

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tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 80
Reply 1, posted (8 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1209 times:

Quoting LAXintl (Thread starter):
FAA alleges ASA operated a CRJ on 49 revenue flights over 8-day period without an authorized signature on the airworthiness release and without an appropriate entry in the aircraft’s flight discrepancy log following maintenance work.

This appears to be a pure process/paperwork discrepancy. There is no evidence in the FAA press release that there was anything actually incorrect with the aircraft and no evidence of a "safety violation."

Tom.

Roseflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8746 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (8 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1152 times:

It took them 2 years to issue a fine over one airplane being out of compliance for 8 days. Wow.

If you have never designed an airplane part before, let the real designers do the work!

LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22053 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (8 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1119 times:

Quoting tdscanuck (Reply 1):
no evidence of a "safety violation."

Failure to adhere to FARs is considered a safety violation in FAA lingua franca.

Lack of paperwork can itself become a tragic broken link in the safety chain.

From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California

AV8AJET From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1266 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (8 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1115 times:

It's just a proposal and not yet a "set in stone" fine. Seems as though the FAA fines an airline every other month, nothing to see here.

"To fly or not to fly there is no question!"

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