Originally Posted by shfo

I want to know who decides the amount of the fine. Eagle was recently fined $2.9 million for flying 1100 flights with improperly repaired gear doors while Chautauqua was fined 348,000 for flying 27,700 flights with various inspections missing.

In other words Eagle was fined $2,636 per flight and Chautauqua was fined $12.56 per flight.