Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices

Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices

Federal officials say that Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots have resisted cooperating with investigations into accidents and other incidents and pushed to close the matters quickly.In one instance disclosed Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration cut short an investigation of a 2019 incident in Connecticut even though the agency determined that there was pilot error. Both wings of the Southwest jet were damaged as …

Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices

Federal officials say that Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots have resisted cooperating with investigations into accidents and other incidents and pushed to close the matters quickly.In one instance disclosed Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration cut short an investigation of a 2019 incident in Connecticut even though the agency determined that there was pilot error. Both wings of the Southwest jet were damaged as …

Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices

Federal officials say that Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots have resisted cooperating with investigations into accidents and other incidents and pushed to close the matters quickly.In one instance disclosed Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration cut short an investigation of a 2019 incident in Connecticut even though the agency determined that there was pilot error. Both wings of the Southwest jet were damaged as …

Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices

Federal officials say Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots have resisted cooperating with investigations into accidents and other incidents.The post Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices first appeared on Maryland Daily Record.

Whistleblowers hit FAA, Southwest for lax safety practices including Bradley incident

Officials said the FAA cut short an investigation into a 2019 incident at Bradley International Airport where a Southwest plane was damaged.

Southwest Airlines stonewalled FAA safety investigations, whistleblowers say

Federal investigators said Wednesday that the FAA allowed Dallas-based Southwest Airlines to “engage in unsafe and improper actions that compromised the...