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Air Safety Program on the Skids

Steve Scott

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

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Much to the unhappiness of aviation safety advocates and government regulators, four U.S. air carriers have pulled out of the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), a safety project credited with helping to lower accident rates. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Comair and US Airways no longer have in-house programs that encourage pilots to come forward and report their own mistakes without fear of being punished. ASAP has helped airlines and regulators uncover scores of potentially dangerous situations and make fixes…

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