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FAA Air Carrier Audits Criticized at Senate Hearing

Steve Scott

Monday, April 14th, 2008

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was subjected to a fresh salvo of stinging criticism in the wake of revelations that an FAA supervisor in the Dallas field office intentionally ignored missed maintenance inspections at Southwest Airlines. The central FAA employee in the matter was relieved of his inspector duties and faces disciplinary action. But not until after whistleblowers aired the embarrassing matter before a House panel two weeks ago. A second Dallas-based FAA supervisor was transferred and Thomas Stuckey, manager…

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