SOURCE DeFazio and Larsen Slam FAA for Deficient Oversight of Foreign Aircraft Repair Stations FAA has ‘flagrantly disregarded’ Congressional mandates to require that foreign repair station workers be screened for drugs and alcohol Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the…
Tag: Maintenance
HOW DANGEROUS IS THE AIRCRAFT YOU’RE FLYING ON?
Airline passengers may be less safe when the plane they are flying on has been repaired or maintained in a foreign country. That is among the conclusions of a risk-based report by Ridge Global, a firm founded by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on risks associated with the use of foreign repair…
TWU International Officers and AA Representative will be visiting the Tulsa M&E Base Today, December 4, 2013
The Transport Workers Union of America, International officers will be arriving at the Tulsa Maintenance and Engineering Base to introduce themselves to American Airlines management and also meet with Local 514’s officers. They will be touring the base this afternoon. If you see them please do not hesitate to introduce yourself.
American Airlines’ in-house repair policy is both boon and burden
08:50 AM CST on Friday, February 19, 2010 By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News etorbenson@dallasnews.com American Airlines Inc. prides itself as the only large carrier doing its own major aircraft maintenance, saying the strategy saves time and boosts quality for the work done on its 610 jets.