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Article: FAA INSPECTORS SAY ALASKA AIRLINES GETS SPECIAL TREATMENT
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
- Article date:
- March 5, 1999
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The Columbian
03-05-1999
SEATTLE (AP) Federal inspectors monitoring airline safety have gotten heat from their bosses for enforcing regulations with Alaska Airlines, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported today.
In a copyright report based on Federal Aviation Administration documents, transcripts of legal proceedings and interviews, the newspaper found several instances where inspectors were disciplined and moved to other jobs.
The Seattle-based airline, meanwhile, has avoided some major fines despite what some inspectors call a pattern of bending and breaking the rules, the newspaper said.
In one case, inspectors found that Alaska failed to properly check the flying ...