Shifting Blame

The other shoe drops...

After cancelling hundreds of flights last week, American Airlines is now shifting blame from itself to the Federal Aviation Administration–that's according to the New York Times.

The paper writes, "“We’re confused and frustrated,” said Greg A. Magnuson, lead engineer for MD-80 airframe and systems engineering. The F.A.A. has always given the company “latitude,” he said, for complying with directives by making small variations to resolve any contradictions or ambiguities. And now, those changes, which may be as simple as putting a bolt through a hole so it is facing forward rather than backward, are being highly scrutinized."

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 at 10:39PM by

Kent in FAA |

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