Originally Posted by
eaglefly
No, personally I think mitigating circumstances should be POTENTIALLY considered. AMR Eagle is owned by a corporation that paid more for the carpeting in their training center then they will for this infraction. If this was Great Lakes we're talking about,
I could understand your argument. Having worked there for two decades prior to this, I can see that FAA threat did nothing to alter their operational decisions and thus they got their pants pulled down (but only just enough so we all can see their butt crack).
My point is that it IS the airlines policing themselves to a major degree, hence the slap on the wrist. Wasn't Southwests supervisory management caught in collusion with the FAA to overlook a lot of things ?
Obviously we disagree about this issue and this embarrassing example of another regulatory faliure of the airline industry due to its incestuous dysfunctionality. I can live with that.
Then you aren't understanding my questions.
I have no argument on this matter and it would be hard to disagree about this issue since I am asking questions, not making statements.
I don't understand how these fines come about other than some Passenger Bill of Rights that sought some sort of compensation for passengers and some fine to be viewed as punishment for an airline for breaking some deadline. According to the article, the number of tarmac delays is down quite a bit since the enacting of the PBOR. I figured that the airlines would just cancel flights that might get close, but it seems that you are saying that airlines can absorb a near million dollar fine without any problems.
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