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Originally Posted by C17MooseDriver
I am calm duvie. I think you need to reread his post, he does blame SWA for the direct the result of the MD80 debacle.
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The FAA came out with a big fat black eye after SWA colluded with, and intentionally flew aircraft that were not airworthy. The resulting crackdown had the FAA come down hard on various FSDO's who had granted relief to specific airlines. This happens all the time. It was unusual that the FAA went over the various POI's overseeing the airline's and issued blanket compliance orders that resulted in the meltdown of AMR and DAL's MD80 fleets.
As far as Iraq, Darfur, etc. You need to absolutely relax and calm down. I never inferred anything beyond what SWA did regarding the maintenance debacle. You guys flew unairworthy planes, and I'm the problem? That attitude is pathetic, not me. How can you defend those actions? If you intentionally fly below mins. are you not breaking the law? This was the same thing.