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Douglas Gawadzinski

April 12: Week in Review

April 12, 2008

It’s safe to say that this week, as a nation we stayed grounded… at least if you planned to fly American Airlines.  But, before we get to the FAA and the airlines, let’s start at the beginning. 
Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, stepped down from his position as top dog following the Colombian “whose side is he [...]

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The High Cost of Negligence, Incompetence, and Cancellation of Flights

April 10, 2008

Who knows how much American Airlines spending and losing to do something right?  Wouldn’t it have been easier and far less costly and less inconvenient to have done it right the first time?
The FAA started the snowball rolling down the hill by failing the American citizens.  But, in reality American Airlines and the others affected [...]

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FAA Whistleblowers Put the Fear of God (or Fines) in Airlines

April 9, 2008

Well, let’s hear it for the whistleblowers.  Their testimony last week before Congress must have put the fear of God in the airlines.  American Airlines canceled over 1,000 flights today, with more to come tomorrow.  All this is an effort to catch up on inspections that have gone undone and without notice until a few [...]

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The FAA Shuffle

April 7, 2008

The FAA has now shuffled two of the persons of interest and the topic of the whistle blowing testimony before Congress last week.  Where is Donald Trump when you need him?  Obviously, no one at the FAA can say “You’re fired!”

Thomas Stuckey is still working at the FAA but is no longer the agency’s director [...]

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